alarm system gardtec 360/580?

thats what i,ve always said ,long as you got it sorted,all that counts

gts
July 2011

or are you saying it induced a short between the cores?

gts
July 2011

Yes the cable had melted. What I meant was that the fuse did not blow. - repaired and rerouted said cable and all ok now. Just shows that electricians should leave the alarms to the alarm engineers!

TomTv
July 2011

if it caused a short,it must have melted the cable,you dont get a short between two insulated cores,or do the laws of physics not work in that job?

gts
July 2011

Not So Mr GTS. The site I attended caused the SAB to ring when the hot water came on. this heated the cable and put a short from the bell trigger and the 0V wire. We were convinced it was the bell until we found it did it when the customer took a shower. We repaired the cable and moved it away from the pipework - The last time I allowed the sparky to run our cables as a favour.

TomTv
July 2011

not to mention a fire risk

gts
July 2011

if that was the case it would have blown a fuse,(melted cables)

gts
July 2011

Sounds like a cable/cables may have been run alongside the hot water pipes when the system was installed. Have a word with the company that installed it. If you find this is the case I'd get the installer to foot the bill to repair it. I had this with a customer a while back. and found electricians had run the bell cable across a hot pipe.

TomTv
July 2011

Thanks for the information.

Would you like to start again and ask a question that someone might understand?

acorn
July 2011