Re: flush mount alarm panel enclosure

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I prefer reverse polarity flux capacitAtors.


"ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Ahhh??  You forgot to "tie a knot" in the AC wire at the terminals to stop
| that lightning bolt in its tracks.
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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.
| >
| > "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.
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