Hi All,

My engineer has fitted a Menvier TS900 which I supplied but now wished for me to provide him with additional power supply, not sure why an additional power supply is required? He tells me as there is a lot of power being used by all the zones and the fact that I also have cctv installed

for me to provide him with additional power supply, not sure why an additional power supply is required?

could the answer be?

He tells me as there is a lot of power being used by all the zones and the fact that I also have cctv installed

what has CCTV got to do with your TS900 ???

... let me just find my book of lateral thinking solutions......

what has CCTV got to do with your TS900 ???

Thats what I thought too, and the response was as we are drawing a lot of power for the alarm and the cctv it was a good idea to put in a power supply for the alarm. Is this necessary?What about the control panels on board power supply??

I would have a stab that he is running the cams from the panel? Knowing this is the wrong thing to do - he is now asking for an extra PSU to run the cams seperately??

youve paid for an engineer to install a system you have designed yourself.

Now you are questioning his advice, whos idea was it to power the alarm and the cctv from the same psu anyway?

His advice may well have saved your premisis from fire and theft due to the system over heating, or just failing completely, not just the cctv but the alarm at the same time.

Please do tell us if this venture costs you more in the long run as it will be a perfect example to all those that want to cut corners to save money.

I agreed to do a similar job for someone, they wanted wireless external cameras on a huge house for their customer as they thought they could supply cctv systems, but wasn't prepared to pay me

youve paid for an engineer to install a system you have designed yourself.

Now you are questioning his advice, whos idea was it to power the alarm and the cctv from the same psu anyway?

His advice may well have saved your premisis from fire and theft due to the system over heating, or just failing completely, not just the cctv but the alarm at the same time.

Please do tell us if this venture costs you more in the long run as it will be a perfect example to all those that want to cut corners to save money.

I agreed to do a similar job for someone, they wanted wireless external cameras on a huge house for their customer as they thought they could supply cctv systems, but wasn't prepared to pay me

Do you know how many powered devices you have attached to the alarm?

PIR's, shock sensors, keypads, etc

Hi Guys,

No , sorry for any confusion, but the cameras a running on two additional seperate psu(Dantech's which I provided and which the engineer wanted to just use a plug in power supply). There are two as I have one upstairs feeding two external housed cameras and one downstairs powering four internal domes.

I am just question ing the use of an additional psu for an alarm panel, the psu is not feeding anything else....

Jig

If your alarm system is anything like proportional to your CCTV installation I would think an additional psu would be a sound investment.