Re: Installalation Tips and Tools

[bdolph <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Remember when you had to lease a 'telephone coupler"?  Nothing was
allowed on Ma Bell's sacred circuits without the large, ugly, and
expensive 'telephone coupler".  About the size of a bread box - honestly.

BobbyD

julian wrote:

>On Tue, 23 May 2006 06:08:51 GMT, G. Morgan <alarmpro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>On Sat, 20 May 2006 02:41:37 GMT, julian <julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>In BC - you ARE from eh Frank - all alarm technicians who have a
>>>Trades Qualification Cert can make one change to the electrical system
>>>of a building. They can install a wire-in transformer on any existing
>>>electrical outlet or suitable junction box. An extension ring can be
>>>installed if the outlet is flush mounted. But that's it folks,
>>>electricians must be called in to do everything else.
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>>Oh man-- you just opened a can of worms.   Are you saying that TQC
>>techs can physically interrupt  <any -( his choice) circuit<s>> ???
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>Yes I am. But there are restrictions and that's the only modification
>of the electrial system an TQ'd tech can do. The TQ is a specific BC
>only certification and is designated an SA restriction under the
>electical code. I have a electrical contractor's registration
>certificate and I take out electircal permits online.
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>Can of worms closed.
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>Once upon a time alarm techs were not allowed to run phone jacks. The
>tel co had to come out and install at every location. Nowadays, it
>seems like EVERYBODY is doing it and not always correctly either.
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>>Is it CA code to have mains <-----( your country's word)  inside the
>>can ?
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>Mains is a word used in UK. At least every time I've ever heard the
>word 'main' it's always been a poster from the UK. Never heard it used
>in Canada or BC anyway.
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>>>If you are a lick-and-stick company - Alarmforce are you listening? -
>>>you can get around having qualified techs by using wall warts. SNIF
>>>alarms was the same.
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>>>The only reason I now use the plug-in xfomer when possible is to
>>>provide surge protection. But plug-ins must be out of the way -
>>>basically inaccessible - or the place gets a wire-in.
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>>All systems in the US use a plug-in x-former.
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>Julian
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