Can't say I've ever tinned the ends, I always twist the cables tightly together and snip the top off, seems to do the trick.........so far!!!

There's a bit in 50131-7 about joints and soldering..

I still encase the joints in a JB, but don't use the mechanicals of them.

I never solder / tin panel connections in case modifications need to be done at some point in the future.

Joints, for example in a pir to add extra ccts are either soldered or crimped with 99a crimps.

Regards

Bellman

Is that the RS ones?

Any more info on them, i have used some in the past for pre-wired contacts.

I never solder / tin panel connections in case modifications need to be done at some point in the future.

Joints, for example in a pir to add extra ccts are either soldered or crimped with 99a crimps.

Regards

Bellman

solder only here..crimps =high res....tho at 2am its twist and tape..(only kidding)honest..

solder only here..crimps =high res....tho at 2am its twist and tape..(only kidding)honest..

Crimps for the 2am jobs

Anyway, they are the gel filled blue ones BT use in the green roadside cabinets.

never found better crimp terminals.

Mate used to work for BT and still has boxes of em.

Regards

Bellman

Chris is there any one you dont know who can supply the odd bit of gear now and then.

What i usually do if i need to carry on to another detector, is break In the the cable by just leaving a loop in the first detector and then breaking the sleaving cutting the ones you want leaving the ones to carry through, but if its an addon, i would be able to do this, i always solder and either heat shrink (If i have any) or tape up.

Dean

WTF

Jef

WTF

Jef

So you have never done this.... ie when you supply a PVC window with 1 cable and hide inside the plastic window, so you dont see the wires, and you have a contact and a siesmic, you let the wires carry through to the Contact or vice versa, that way they DONT have to be joined.

Nothing wrong with that Jef, so why the face

I agree with you Watchdog, Maybe Jef got the wrong end of the stick, or never back to backs 2 pirs on 1 cable!

Crimps for the 2am jobs

Anyway, they are the gel filled blue ones BT use in the green roadside cabinets.

Bellman

that will be the same green cabinets that sends a thousand alarm systems into line fault every time in rains...

Crimps for the 2am jobs

Bellman

its me your talking to... when was the last time you were out at 2am 'mr leave it for the dayshift'