Re: flush mount alarm panel enclosure

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

Double sided tape has no place in my van.  I wouldn't use it on an expander
board, power supply, or any other kind of powered device.  I've seen way to
many "hatchet jobs" where the boards are hanging by the wires and one in
particular where the fins on a heat sink actually shorted out the
mother-board on an Edwards ESA-2000 panel.  That cost the customer big
bucks.  As for "contacts", if you mean the small mini-surface type, we don't
use them.  On the rare occasion where we have to install a surface contact
(commercial card access jobs), it's always securely fastened into place with
screws.  We mostly use concealed contacts or they're integral to the
magnetic door lock.


"Tommy" <tommy at leesecurity.net> wrote in message
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> Don't you use double side tape, on contacts and other small devices? a
small
> expander board  weighs next to nothing, and using the sticky pads
correctly
> should not cause any problems. i have not had any fall off , yet. i follow
> the same steps as i would for magnetic contacts. start with a CLEAN, DRY
> surface.
>
>
> "FIRETEK" <firetech(change-the-ch-to-k)@telus.net> wrote in message
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> > You use the standoffs with the sticky tape?  You may as well use the
> > double
> > sided stuff.  You'll wind up with the same thing in about six months:  a
> > loose board inside the enclosure that's hanging by the wires.  Hopefully
> > nothing will short out against the can when it does come loose.
> >
> >
> > "Tommy" <tommy at leesecurity.net> wrote in message
> > news:12mkcqunpvdve0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Amen. I have some new standoff on order now that fit the board and have
> > the
> >> mounting tape bases on them.  I ordered some to try and liked them
though
> >> the first i ordered were too big for the board holes. oops! try again.
> >
> >
>
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