Circuit for alarm

[owls]

Hi, i wanted to ask for an opinion!!!!

I'm just about to add a seperate circuit to power my home alarm system (at present its run off a spur from the ring)

I'm just going to run a radial circuit to a sw/fcu (for isolation) and then power the alarm from that. my question is....

As the main alarm board is situated in my (attached) garage should i have the fcu inside the house or in the garage next to the alarm.

And yes i've notified building control, i'm re-wiring the whole house and this is the last circuit. I Just can't make up my mind if the fcu should be inside the house or with the alarm.

look forward to hearing your thoughts

thanks

 

[Adam_151]

Next to the alarm panel

 

[RF Lighting]

It should be next to the panel to provide local isolation to the panel should it be needed (for servicing etc). I presume you mention fitting the spur in the house to prevent the baddies getting to it and killing your alarm? Virtually all alarms will have at least 2 backup batteries (1 in the panel and 1 in the bell box) and will still function fine without power.

 

[owls]

It should be next to the panle to provide local isolation to the panel should it be needed (for servicing etc). I presume you mention fitting the spur in the house to prevent the baddies getting to it and killing your alarm? Virtually all alarms will have at least 2 backup batteries (1 in the panel and 1 in the bell box) and will still function fine without power.

yeah thats what i figured, i just wanted to make sure i wasn't barking up the wrong tree!!!!!

thanks for the reply

 

[securespark]

If it is ADE, don't forget to use a 2A fuse in the spur.