Guest Pace Electrical Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Hi all, I am an approved electrician of 15 years exp based in Oxon and I am hoping to move more into the security side of the trade. In the past I have used alarm gear as supplied by one of our wholesalers (CEF) by the name of Challenger. They are a buying group who sell on other peoples kit via CEF. I have found this equipment to be installer friendly and basically reliable. My question is should I be looking to use equipment from 'better' manufacturers ? Is this gear any good ? I mainly plan to do small domestic installations. Details of Challenger products can be found at: www.challenger.co.uk Any advice would be appreciated. Regards, Paul. (Go easy on me !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter James Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Challenger are rebranded panels made by C&K and ADE they are ok panels but a bit dated now. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Service Engineer Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Most of the control equipment they sell seems to be the Cheaper Equipment that most of us would only consider for Budget Installations. I wouldnt say any of it is ****, but i will say that i`d be looking at fitting equipment of slightly better quality. ........................................................ Dave Partridge (Romec Service Engineer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geov Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 I agree. We all have our favourites (see posts elsewhere) - for me Scantronic, Ademco-Microtec & Guardtec are certainly worth looking at. It helps the installer to stay with a restricted range as you build up a relationship with those manufacturers and gain a good knowledge base of likely faults. Use this forum for some great (& occasionally not so great!) views/suggestions. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul fae kings Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 For small domestics an Accenta G3,or atexecom veritas r8 are ideal. As Pete says,the c&k stuff is ok but pretty basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteey Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 I for one would say it was ****, as is most of what CEF sell Mark Hawks Ex BT Openreach Field Service Now Self employed telecom and data engineer www.mphtelecom.co.uk Also back doing sub contract work in the security industry. Retained firefighter Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 If it was decent kit CEF wouldn't sell it. Try buying alarm equipment from Senate if you have to use a wholesaler, their stuffs not too bad on the whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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