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Default Low-voltage house wiring from hell

You have my sympathy. We recently sold our 1964-ish house in NJ with a
low-voltage system in it.

We found an electrician who works on this type of system by calling
around to the various electricians in the area. If the manufacturer is
still in existence, you might be able to get the names of local
electricians who work on their systems from them.

Besides relays going bad, another problem we had was with switches that
stuck. There is a flat switch that has a tendency to "hang" one of the
corners when pressed in, and this caused the whole system to lock in its
current state (some lights on, some off). The fix was easy - go around
pressing switches until you find the one that's stuck and press it again
to release the hung-up corner. And then replace the switch with a
different type!

One thing I miss: Some of the lights were wired up to be controlled by
five or six different switches, and there was a master control panel in
one bedroom that was hooked to nearly every light in the house.

Good luck!

FurPaw


Manufactuar doesn't have a list of electritions that work on their stuff.
To bad, that would have made it much easier. They suggested I go
to a electrical supply house and see if they know of anyone. Could
do that.

I pressed every danged switch in the house. And it's a big house and
lots of switches. None were sticking.



Randy
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