Re: Installing alarm system on a 'prewired' house

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yah probably as bad as one of my salesguys going out to a huge house and
bidding the job based on the fact that all doors/windows had contacts. NOT !
They were all plugs. I made HIM install all the contacts while my installers
did the rest of the job. You shoulda heard the whining. But...he never did
that again!


"mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:drmc4l$n6n$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| I'll bet I'm the only one here that will admit to actually sitting a
magnet
| on one of those things and looking for the short.
|
| "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:u3rDf.742$Ek4.53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Before you buy an alarm, buy a radio tracer then you can find all the
| wires.
| >
| > Be aware that some prewire companies install contact plugs...they may
look
| > like contacts but aren't.
| >
| >
| >
| > "Zen" <lordzen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:1138607241.724686.279700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Hello,
| > |
| > | My house had the alarm 'prewire' option and most windows and doors
have
| > | a magnetic contact in them. Also, in one of the closets near the
| > | entrance, there is a bunch of wires and 2 power outlets.
| > |
| > | In the closet, there are 7 white wires, 7 slight thicker gray wires
and
| > | 1 green and 1 blue wire. I'm trying to figure out what these wires
are.
| > | My guess is that there are 7 white and 7 gray wires because the house
| > | has 7 hardwired zones and the green wire is for the keypad and blue
| > | wire is phone line. Can anyone tell me what these wires are? Also, I
| > | couldn't find wires for a keypad anywhere else in the house. Does that
| > | mean I'll have to install the keypad inside the closet next to the
| > | panel or should I extend the cable for the keypad so it can be
| > | installed elsewhere?
| > |
| > | I'm considering buying a Ademco Vista-20PS with the 6270 graphic
keypad
| > | and installing it myself, hopefully it won't be that hard.
| > |
| > | Any information would be greatly appreciated.
| > |
| > | Thanks.
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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