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Re: Wire prices



"Don" <don@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> Roland Moore wrote:
>>> 18/7? I have heard of 18/6 for readers and use it often. 18/7? Are you
>>> counting the drain?
>>
>> Yeah.  We have "weird wire" here.  Fire cable comes in "odd" conductors.
>> 18/3, 18,5, 18/7, etc.  That's because CAN/ULC-S524 (Installation
>> Standard for Fire Alarm Systems) requires every device backbox be bonded
>> to ground. Ask "FireTek".  He's the expert.
>
> even the plastic ones? :)

Yes. They "ground" their plastic boxes.
js




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