Re: Installalation Tips and Tools

["J Barnes" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heres one

 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.

2. Also wrap the wire clockwise so as you tighten it wont push the wire out.


James Barnes


"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> bdolph wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> 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,
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>