Re: Causes of Ground Faults

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

We have a couple of Cities that don't allow combo systems in commercial
buildings, my personal opinion is that combo systems should only be used in
residential applications.

Doug

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"Michael" <sirflannelS@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:11:06 GMT, "Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>From the burg loop on combo burg fire panels (where otherwise legal). Some
>>folks use beans on the burg side, and some use cutters to crimp the beans,
>>and some have problems with foreign grounds because of that. I have had to
>>trouble shoot those before where the burg loop trashes the fire system for
>>that reason or a number of other issues. One reason I hate to deploy combo
>>burg/fire panels, especially on larger systems. I am sure I am not the
>>only
>>one who has had this problem.
> <snip>
>
> In this area, the AHJ does not permit combo systems. Before that, yes,
> I had one on the front door of a conveinence store, and it only
> registered the ground fault when the door opened (every few minutes or
> so). Otherwise, it would go away. Talk about pulling my hair out!