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Do you install fire alarm systems?

Bit of thread drift going on elsewhere, so I have started a new one.


"Do you install fire alarm systems?" - a question which is asked on insurance renewal, but what does it mean?


IMHO, there is a world of difference between providing a mains supply with third core for linking for a couple of smoke detectors and a heat detector in the kitchen on the one hand (i.e. the minimum grade D2 LD3); and a full on panel with separate detectors and sounder etc. (grade A LD2) in a large house. I consider myself perfectly capable of providing the former, but have never attempted the latter.


So where does the threshold lie? I'd be interested in views on certification too please.
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  • AJJewsbury:
    1. Broken positive conductor.


    2. Broken negative conductor.


    3. Short between the two above.


    Earth NOT needed in all three cases.

    What about a nail through two cables running together? Shorting one say +ve conductor to the same of another circuit will likely not trip/blow anything but will likely result in mis-operation. 


    Hopefully the fire alarm panel would recognise this as a fault and show such by a fault light and/or buzzer. A case for bright red cables and surface wiring I think to reduce the risk.


    Z.


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  • AJJewsbury:
    1. Broken positive conductor.


    2. Broken negative conductor.


    3. Short between the two above.


    Earth NOT needed in all three cases.

    What about a nail through two cables running together? Shorting one say +ve conductor to the same of another circuit will likely not trip/blow anything but will likely result in mis-operation. 


    Hopefully the fire alarm panel would recognise this as a fault and show such by a fault light and/or buzzer. A case for bright red cables and surface wiring I think to reduce the risk.


    Z.


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