Keypads at all entry points, internal speakers at all entry points, contacts on all doors, 1 PIR per downstairs room. Upstairs PIR on landing, possibly PIR in main bedroom (protect the wifes jewellery). Also if any bedrooms have flat roofs/conservatories below their windows PIR in them as well.

You could go for shock sensors on windows but most people dont.

Always advisable to put at least one smoke detector per floor.

Control panel location, somewhere in the centre of the house if possible keeps cable runs easier. Understairs cupboard, airing cupboard etc. Run a phone line to the panel and it gives you the option of dialler etc.

Live bell front of house, Live or Dummy at rear.

Hope this helps.

PS Use 8 core alarm cable for everything and use a panel with enough zones to wire 1 detector per zone.

Glenn

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Why use 8 core mate?

Personally id forget shock sensors, more trouble than their worth, and have a habit of going off at the most inconveient moment, i suspect its part of their programming!

Monteey - change your shock sensors mate! We use hundreds and to be honest I would say they are more reliable than PIRs, and certainly more reliable than contacts. The only problem you may get is with condensation on the pcb.

We have one job - an old station - right on the east coast main line which has shocks in, and gives no problem at all.

Keypads at all entry points, internal speakers at all entry points, contacts on all doors, 1 PIR per downstairs room. Upstairs PIR on landing, possibly PIR in main bedroom (protect the wifes jewellery). Also if any bedrooms have flat roofs/conservatories below their windows PIR in them as well.

You could go for shock sensors on windows but most people dont.

Always advisable to put at least one smoke detector per floor.

Control panel location, somewhere in the centre of the house if possible keeps cable runs easier. Understairs cupboard, airing cupboard etc. Run a phone line to the panel and it gives you the option of dialler etc.

Live bell front of house, Live or Dummy at rear.

Hope this helps.

PS Use 8 core alarm cable for everything and use a panel with enough zones to wire 1 detector per zone.

Glenn

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Why use 8 core mate?

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Because the cost difference is negligible and the benefit's are up to 6 spare cores for future cable faults.

True, or just earth any spares.

True, or just earth any spares.

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earth spares!!!now your asking for trouble....stick with the 2core bell wire..

We never use anything but 8 core, i mean whats the point in saving a quid or so when in the future you need to add a detector and you need 2 spare cores, 6 core should be left with people who dont forward plan or like to cut costs to the bone.

Personally id forget shock sensors, more trouble than their worth, and have a habit of going off at the most inconveient moment, i suspect its part of their programming!

Monteey - change your shock sensors mate! We use hundreds and to be honest I would say they are more reliable than PIRs, and certainly more reliable than contacts. The only problem you may get is with condensation on the pcb.

We have one job - an old station - right on the east coast main line which has shocks in, and gives no problem at all.

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Their probably the wonderful texecom ones.

Regards

Bellman

Did a big, heavy Texecom box fall over on you as a child Bellman?!

As monteey has answered, use 8 core because it can save so much grief later for additions. Also if he were to use shocks he may need to make them latch.

Did a big, heavy Texecom box fall over on you as a child Bellman?!

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ROFLMAO!

At least he'd be protected nowadays by that enormous chip on his shoulder!

(He does seem to be on a one man mission to persecute...)

Edited September 28, 200421 yr by MKAlarms