Re: flush mount alarm panel enclosure

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Yuck. Have you ever seen this look or work correctly?
Sure I have! But you have to get the rest of the panel to look just right
too. First strip off all of the outer jackets on all the wires to make
certain absloutely nothing has a label. Braid wires from one bundle to
another bundle at random. Then strip back the insulation off the first 3"-6"
so you can short any wire you want with any other wire. If it is solid core
wire nick the wire when you strip it, so it snaps the next time it is
touched, or better that it snaps all by itself for a good source of service
call billing in future. If it is stranded wire make sure only a single
strand out of the bundle is actually connected under the terminal strip.
Leave all the other strands free and frayed. Next run wires thru the can
that don't actually land there, putting 120VAC on a zip wire and putting the
transformer in there to warm things up helps. Make certain there are several
extra sets of pull wires in the can that go nowhere. Have wires that are so
tight you can play musical notes on them mixed with wires that fall out on
the floor when the panel is open. Don't clean up the area. Put all the
pieces of wire and jacket etc. in the box just to let someone know you've
been there. Use bare 4 guage wire and ground the panel to a gas pipe, and
tie strap the wire to a fire sprinkler pipe along the way if you can. If
that is not available just ground the panel with the neutral from the 120VAC
zip wire. Make sure that there is so much crap in the box it takes the
weight of two guys pushing and a third guy with a screwdriver to close the
box. Don't forget to staple all of the instructions on the wall next to the
panel, page by page, when complete. Be proud of your work and take pictures
to show your boss.

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> | You could just screw the DSC can to a stud right now, leave it sticking
> | out about 3/4" to make room for the drywall.
> |
> Yuck. Have you ever seen this look or work correctly? You have to leave
> more
> sticking out than you think or the door won't open correctly. Then the
> wires
> are hard to get into the box. To me it's not worth the time as it never
> looks good, unless the panel comes with a flush mounting box I'd say
> forget
> it...or:
>
>
> | However, a stuctured wiring enclosure would be ideal in a new home so
> | you can run all your computer networking wiring, CATV/SAT, phone and
> | security to one place.
> |
> This would be better, but keeping other wires away from the alarm board
> would be my concern.
>
>