Texecom Control Panel

[daveonlyme]

Was thinking of a replacing DIY alarm using Texecom Veritas Kit etc. for another DIY install. Had a look at their Installation guide and they have power wires as green and white. Reading comments here i thought they had an easy install reputation. Isn't red and black +ve and -ve by convention. Any logic to their colour system?

 

[Spark123]

Pick whatever colour scheme you like - yellow for +, blue for -. As long as it is the same at both ends of the wire it wont matter. It keeps the criminals guessing too

 

[RF Lighting]

It is very common to see green and white used as power.

This is so if you are wiring a a non powered detector such as a door contact with a 4 core cable, you will use the same colour wires for the zone circuit (blue and yellow) and tamper circuit (red and black) as you would when using a 6 core cable for a powered detector such as a PIR.

There is nothing to stop you using what ever colour scheme you like, as long as it is the same at both ends of the cable

 

[daveonlyme]

Well i never there is a reason behind it! I'm impressed. Outwitting the burglars and the point about the non powered detector wiring is v good
Thanks v much
I'll be ordering a Texecom Kit asap.

 

[Lectrician]

I have always used red and yellow as a pair, blue and black as a pair and the green and white as a pair. I too use the green and white as power - the green being 0v as it's 'earthy'

 

[daveonlyme]

Thanks ,never mind the politicians for me you guys put the G in GB. Damn as a country we have got to get manufacturing again.