Re: Window Sensors

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

builders don't wanna pay for separate systems on 3, 5, 10 model homes.

the interconnects were in buried emt - the panel itself was to bonded ground
(which I'm not sure is a really good idea anymore either)

Sentrol did send me 2 for 1 replacements but big deal !





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Crash Gordon
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<I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe>
"Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|> You musta heard me cursing from CT!!
|
| Oh, that was you?  I wondered.
|
| > I had to re-do all those freeking switches without a  helper. I was
| > there all frrking day.  It wasn't a direct hit either.
|
| If it wasn't a direct hit then it probably entered through one
| building's ground and exited through another, passing through your
| electronics along the way.  I must admit I've only done a few homes
| with wire grid beneath stucco.  I'll take your word for it that the
| stuff causes problems.  One problem with wiring multiple buildings to
| a single panel is there's almost never a way to do a bonded ground.
| I'd rather throw in an extra panel than wire them together.
|
| By coincidence, a customer of mine recently ordered eight
| Vista-128FBP panels for use in multiple dwellings.  Against my advice
| he decided to wire them all together.  At least he has seven spares
| for use after the next seven lightning storms.  :^)
|
| > After that incident and one other like it...I don't do many
| > recessed anymore unless it's necessary (casements or customs)
|
| I hear you.  BTW, one of the few times when we lost Sentrol (now GE
| Security) switches to lightning I called the manufacturer to ask for
| recommendations to avoid a repeat performance.  I explained that
| lightning had hit the system and about 10 of my switches were ruined.
| They sent me 20 units (two-for-one replacement).  These were a mix of
| surface and recessed sensors.  Somehow I doubt GE would be as nice as
| Sentrol used to be.
|
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| Regards,
| Robert L Bass
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