Re: Installalation Tips and Tools

[bdolph <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can remember my first tech tip way back in junior high school electric
shop.  It was wrapping a stripped wire properly around a screw
terminal.  An old time shop teacher that made sure we had good basic
install skills.  A very nice and basic tip.  While this seems obvious to
many of us techs, you would be surprised how many wires I see wrapped
the wrong way.

BobbyD

J Barnes wrote:

>Heres one
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> When you are hooking a wire to a transformer strip the wire back about an
>inch so you can wrap the copper around the screw and hold it with your
>finger while you tighten it.  This keeps the wire from pushing out while you
>tighten the screw, then cut off the excess.
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>2. Also wrap the wire clockwise so as you tighten it wont push the wire out.
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>James Barnes
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>"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>bdolph wrote:
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>>>Hi Everyone,
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>>>I am considering an upcoming article on installation tips and tools.  If
>>>anyone in the group here has any good tips you would like to pass on to
>>>the group I will be glad to reference you if it goes to print.
>>>
>>>Did anyone catch the installation fishing contest at the last ISC West?
>>>It was put on by B.E.S. and the Training Dept.  Some pretty fierce
>>>competition and the winners beat the others by hundredths of a  second.
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>Bob Dolph
>>>Product & Training Consultant  http://www.bobdolph.com
>>>
>>>"Tech Talk" Security Sales & Integration Magazine
>>>http://www.securitysales.com/t_ci_articleView.cfm?ttbd=1923
>>>
>>>
>>Hi Bob,
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>>Here's a few that I've mentioned here before and maybe they're well
>>known .... or not. Use them if you find them useful
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>>When caulking, instead of getting it all over your fingers trying to
>>smooth out a bead you've just laid down, mix a little bit of soap in a
>>cup of water. Wet your fingers with the soapy water and the caulk wont
>>stick to your fingers.
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>>In the winter time, after the tube of caulk has sat in the van all
>>night, trying to get the caulk soft enough to work with, can take some
>>time. If there's a microwave oven on the site, loosen or take the cap
>>off the tube, put the tube on a paper towel (just in case) and "cook"
>>it for 15 second intervals until it's soft enough to work with. If
>>you're going to need it throughout the rest of the day, carry the tube
>>in your front pocket. Body heat will keep it at just the right
>>consistancy.
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