Re: flush mount alarm panel enclosure

["FIRETEK" <firetech(change-the-ch-to-k)@telus.net>]

Why go with a cabinet at all?  Just put everything behind the drywall.


"Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > 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.