The manufacturers are unwilling to tell me what size cabling this needs
and what size fuse should be in the fused spur. The Installation Guide
is no help either.

Anyone?

TIA.

"F" wrote in message
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The manufacturers are unwilling to tell me what size cabling this needs
and what size fuse should be in the fused spur. The Installation Guide is
no help either.

Anyone?

TIA.

I would use a 5A fuse in a non switched FCU with 0.75mm 3 Core flex from the
FCU to the panel, preferably to a dedicated, non-RCD circuit in the consumer
unit.

Sparks...

On 26/07/2006 15:35 Sparks wrote:

I would use a 5A fuse in a non switched FCU with 0.75mm 3 Core flex from the
FCU to the panel, preferably to a dedicated, non-RCD circuit in the consumer
unit.

Chapter & verse! Thanks: appreciated.

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Frank
(Beware of spam trap - remove the negative)

I always use 1.0mm T&E to an unswitched fused spur. You can use flex but I find it difficult to terminate in the spur. You will only require a 1 amp fuse in the spur as even in alarm the system will draw no more than 600 milliamps. Take the supply from a ring main if you can, if not a lighting circuit will suffice although I don't recommend and never do it myself. Anymore info required let me know. I've been fitting these panels for years.

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F wrote:
The manufacturers are unwilling to tell me what size cabling this needs
and what size fuse should be in the fused spur. The Installation Guide
is no help either.

The max current an alarm takes is tiny - after all it will run for a long
time off a small SLA battery when the mains fails. So 0.5mm flex and a 3
amp fuse will be fine. If you have larger flex lying around and it fits
the connections etc use that - it won't do any harm.

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*Rehab is for quitters

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

There is a UK forum for alarms where you can ask alarm engineers
questions
www.alarmhelp.net
It also has manuals and fact sheets


Alec wrote:

F Wrote:
The manufacturers are unwilling to tell me what size cabling this needs

and what size fuse should be in the fused spur. The Installation Guide

is no help either.

Anyone?

TIA.





I always use 1.0mm T&E to an unswitched fused spur. You can use flex
but I find it difficult to terminate in the spur. You will only require
a 1 amp fuse in the spur as even in alarm the system will draw no more
than 600 milliamps. Take the supply from a ring main if you can, if not
a lighting circuit will suffice although I don't recommend and never do
it myself. Anymore info required let me know. I've been fitting these
panels for years.




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Alec

F wrote:
The manufacturers are unwilling to tell me what size cabling this needs
and what size fuse should be in the fused spur. The Installation Guide
is no help either.

Anyone?

TIA.

Is this of any use: http://www.securitycentres.co.uk/Manuals/9448.pdf


And I agree that Scantronic are spectacularly unhelpful. Did they tell
you to contact your 'competant installer'?

I asked them about what type of PIR to fit to my 9449 panel without
success. Pyronix (the PIR supplier) were much more helpful.

Richard

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alarm man wrote:
There is a UK forum for alarms where you can ask alarm engineers
questions
www.alarmhelp.net


It also has manuals and fact sheets

Only available to trade members so of little use on a DIY group.

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*A nest isn't empty until all their stuff is out of the attic

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 16/08/2006 08:47 Richard wrote:

Is this of any use: http://www.securitycentres.co.uk/Manuals/9448.pdf

Thanks, but I've got the Manual. It didn't have the information I
needed, though.

And I agree that Scantronic are spectacularly unhelpful. Did they tell
you to contact your 'competant installer'?

I got a slightly altered standard script both times I emailed them. Less
than impressed (but the panel is ok).

--
Frank
(Beware of spam trap - remove the negative)

F wrote:
On 16/08/2006 08:47 Richard wrote:

Is this of any use: http://www.securitycentres.co.uk/Manuals/9448.pdf


Thanks, but I've got the Manual. It didn't have the information I
needed, though.

And I agree that Scantronic are spectacularly unhelpful. Did they
tell you to contact your 'competant installer'?


I got a slightly altered standard script both times I emailed them. Less
than impressed (but the panel is ok).

Sorry F

That site holds the installation manual for my 9449 panel - with
_almost_ every bit of info you need to install and maintain it and I
assumed that it would be the same for your panel.

Richard