leesutton Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Like the old key panels ( 2 zone) like mentioned all internal doors covered and all windows, so joints had to be done. No one in the rite mind would run seperate cables but people had less coverage then but paid more for the system. Im just doing a local club that has the old inertias, tube and batten frame and laced fire doors good system but just out dated..... Lee Sutton E-Mail: leesutton@centurianfire.co.uk Website: www.centurianfire.co.uk Phone: 0845 094 9870 CENTURIAN FIRE & SECURITY (part of centurian group limited)
james.wilson Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 I love tube and battan, and id say there is still a case today for lacing, if people could afford it. We have laced walls in the past when nothing else would of been stable securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
arfur mo Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I love tube and battan, and id say there is still a case today for lacing, if people could afford it. We have laced walls in the past when nothing else would of been stable very so, who would pay today for the very high security lacing? this was used on safe cabinets or spirit stores, 1" cross mesh or even higher security you twisted two rolls of lace wire and then spaced it at 1" cross meshed, now that was a real killer to to fit, trace and repair. on the bigger sections especially ceilings, you simply could not be stopping to test often enough so the risk of damaging a cable could be a real problem, especially with several guys working on it and just too time consuming. so once you had done the corner staples i used to make it 'live by feeding a transistor radio from its battery through the wiring. then if the radio 'died' a cable had been broken of the the 'legs' had been shorted out, bit of an inquest into who hit what when and repair done back we go. imo pretty inovative use of the 'current' (boom! boom!) leading edge technology for the times, and we also had a legit reason to have the radio on - very very loud so we could all hear it LOL regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
leesutton Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 so once you had done the corner staples i used to make it 'live by feeding a transistor radio from its battery through the wiring. then if the radio 'died' a cable had been broken of the the 'legs' had been shorted out, bit of an inquest into who hit what when and repair done back we go. Thats a cracking idea arfur ..... Lee Sutton E-Mail: leesutton@centurianfire.co.uk Website: www.centurianfire.co.uk Phone: 0845 094 9870 CENTURIAN FIRE & SECURITY (part of centurian group limited)
arfur mo Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 so once you had done the corner staples i used to make it 'live by feeding a transistor radio from its battery through the wiring. then if the radio 'died' a cable had been broken of the the 'legs' had been shorted out, bit of an inquest into who hit what when and repair done back we go.Thats a cracking idea arfur ..... why thank you dear boy you so kind - in those days - calibrated meters? your 'aving a giraffe if you had any sort of meter just adding, intermittent connections can be found this way too, you tuned to a clear frequency with the circuit in line with the battery as above, and any crackle as you 'tortured' the wiring it was dead easy to hear so yu were close to the cause. another trick for finding breaks was to use high impedence head phones, circuit would act as an antenna so you got radio 5 one side, radio france whatever the other side of the break, you could also test door contacts this way very quickly. so 'old school' still well able to be kicking ass imo regs alan regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
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