Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.


Ebay
Search for 'alarm foil'

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On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/45438-sec...il-fl1701.html

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On 10/01/2015 21:40, alan_m wrote:
On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/45438-sec...il-fl1701.html


Excellent! Thank you

ss wrote:
On 10/01/2015 21:40, alan_m wrote:
On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/45438-sec...il-fl1701.html


Excellent! Thank you

Don't use it on anything that might contaminate it. It corrodes and goes
open circuit.

Bill

On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

We didn't use aluminium at Chubb, it was soft lead.
You fitted it by masking a strip with tape, painting it with varnish,
sticking the tape on and then varnishing it again.

On 11/01/2015 19:16, Dennis@home wrote:
On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

We didn't use aluminium at Chubb, it was soft lead.
You fitted it by masking a strip with tape, painting it with varnish,
sticking the tape on and then varnishing it again.

I always thought it aluminium in days gone by, but then I just assumed.
Anyhow another question. Are the connectors attached to the glass or the
frame?

On 11/01/2015 23:39, ss wrote:
On 11/01/2015 19:16, Dennis@home wrote:
On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

We didn't use aluminium at Chubb, it was soft lead.
You fitted it by masking a strip with tape, painting it with varnish,
sticking the tape on and then varnishing it again.

I always thought it aluminium in days gone by, but then I just assumed.
Anyhow another question. Are the connectors attached to the glass or the
frame?

It was over 30 years ago when I worked at Chubb, things probably changed.

The chubb ones were on the glass and were connected to a junction box on
the frame with fine wire that would break if the glass were removed from
the frame.

On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 11:51:58 PM UTC, Dennis@home wrote:
On 11/01/2015 23:39, ss wrote:
On 11/01/2015 19:16, Dennis@home wrote:
On 10/01/2015 20:35, ss wrote:
Does anyone know if it is still possible to purchase the thin foil strip
that was used for alarming windows in the old days. I have tried google
but no luck.

We didn't use aluminium at Chubb, it was soft lead.
You fitted it by masking a strip with tape, painting it with varnish,
sticking the tape on and then varnishing it again.

I always thought it aluminium in days gone by, but then I just assumed.
Anyhow another question. Are the connectors attached to the glass or the
frame?

It was over 30 years ago when I worked at Chubb, things probably changed.

The chubb ones were on the glass and were connected to a junction box on
the frame with fine wire that would break if the glass were removed from
the frame.

how were the corners done, where the lead changes direction on the glass? I suppose it could be folded over, but I always saw square corners.


NT

On 12/01/2015 07:28, wrote:


how were the corners done, where the lead changes direction on the
glass? I suppose it could be folded over, but I always saw square
corners.

You fold it up which gives a 45 degree angle and then you fold it down
which gives a 90 degree angle that covers the 45 degree angle.

Not that I ever did any like that.

On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:28:10 PM UTC, Dennis@home wrote:
On 12/01/2015 07:28, wrote:


how were the corners done, where the lead changes direction on the
glass? I suppose it could be folded over, but I always saw square
corners.

You fold it up which gives a 45 degree angle and then you fold it down
which gives a 90 degree angle that covers the 45 degree angle.

Not that I ever did any like that.

thanks, now I know. I wonder how foil oxidation was prevented in storage, the stuff was always bright finished.


NT