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    emergency lighting and fire alarms

    Leeco sorry you feel this way, but you have to understand that some of the people here are time served electrical contractors with many years of experience. they are not trying to belittle you, but you have to understand that they have not seen your site, or know who you are and what you are...
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    Inverter in tranny van

    we have one in the install van, was fitted by one of the big power supply contractors, it runs from a separate battery and upgraded alternator, not the main battery that starts the van, we find the inverter a valuable tool, and we also get good lighting in hours of darkness, as well as a...
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    RF go oneline to CCTVdirect and have a look at there twilight range, we have started to use these and the image quality is superb, 600 tvl as standard and up to 650 tvl take the NEPTUNE one; 700 tvl 2.8 to 12mm lense IR true day night 30m with IR built in BALUN RS485 OSD control...
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    Hardwired Smoke Detectors

    BS5839 part 6 domestic smoke / heat detectors for rental accommodation the basics are; smoke detector to first floor landing smoke detector to ground floor hallway heat detector to kitchen area interlinked mains fed with battery back up (lithium of PP3 (volt) supplied via a local...
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    Wiring In Outdoor Security Light

    its always reccomended that you have a `means of isolation` for an external fitting, so a switched fuse spur with a 3 amp fuse will do you fine. remember part P tho!
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    good image capture there mate, it should be usable for court as well. Oasis
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    G2 Wireless Honeywell house alarm help

    9651 which bit mate,? personally i believe, if you ain't an alarm engineer you shouldn't touch em!!! and most of the large suppliers will only talk to you if you are registered, but thats easy to do with some of them! but thats just a personal thing!!! Oasis
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    thats what we are here for, and in the morning at the office before i actually do any real work as well!!! and sometimes late in the evening. if you need any advice, jsut ask, if we can help most of us will. Oasis
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    true mate, very true. we would need to know so much, its better if you contact a local company (3 off) and get some quotes. we don`t know if we would need steel conduit, or hi impact plastic (some engineers cant work with steel conduit, but we can!) its a guessing game i am afraid Oasis
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    G2 Wireless Honeywell house alarm help

    fitted them last night, sound real sweet!!!! already had a power commander fitted with my last set, all adjustable as well, going to see one of my mates at his shop and stick it on the dyna, just to set it up right!! you right on the pipes as well, short shots, really good!! had a bit...
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    Loo the image quality is good, the cameras are 560TVL domes (internal) no IR lighting, the theft happened during the day, visual evidence is near on perfect, officer in charge of the incident was happy with the images to the extent that his radios control room to give the guys details tho them...
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    loo yes many times, but you also have to remember some of these persons do not the logic to look for cameras!! just down loaded some evidence this afternoon form a distraction theft, the guy was good, but not as good as our CCTV install! one more chalked up to our firm! and another...
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    G2 Wireless Honeywell house alarm help

    yes mate he did try to tell me about the unused circuits HAD to have a rresistor in them! but no i dont bother just 18 them all the way! but for those who dont fit them all the time its esier to just resistor them!! still dont really like the G2 tho!! Oasis right back off home to...
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    yale HSA3600 control unit problem

    ask Yaleguy, thats what he fits he should have all the info that you need. Oasis sorry i cannot be of assistance here as we don't fit Yale. never have and never will.
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    Yaleguy, if you do not have anything constructive to add to this posters question could you please leave well alone. Oasis that is about as tactful as i wish to be, as we are here to help people not to wine at each other,!!! Oasis
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    Advice needed to catch scumbags in underground carpark

    OP you can use anti vandal cameras with a grill over them, but don't use a grill if you are going to use IR with them, refectivity will cause white out on screen. set you DVR for motion detection you could also set up record times, notification of activations etc vi the LAN connection to a...
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    G2 Wireless Honeywell house alarm help

    hello, Honeywell tech support ......................oh dear, not registered...........sorry we cannot help you! sounds familiar don't it!!! the G2 is an easy one mate, put the spare resistors in the terminal in the panel, DONT POWER UP THE SYSTEM UNTIL YOU HAVE CONNECTED ALL PARTS...
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    lets learn a bit about each other...

    all yes, to first post the one that asked about a million quid, sorry i can beat that one, over 10 million pounds in various demoninations and currencies when we were doing the alarm at a large casino!!! arrested, yep, imprisoned, yep. and know i am not going to tell you what for and...
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    SATURDAY NIGHTS .......................

    well my saturday night was like most of us alarm engineers (those on call that is) sorting out false alarms, attempted burglaries and idiots who cant even seem to set an alarm without it triggering!!! so that was my saturday night, but next week i will be in Derbyshire drinking loads of...
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    neon transformer

    be careful with neon tubes as they require the correct kv rating! it sounds as though its a small neon sign, as most neons work from 5 kv up to 10 kv (split connections to cathods.) the FART ones are the best to use, if you over volt the neon it can fail but depends on the colour your...
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