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Wire gauge...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:43 pm
by primo4
Hello,
Just gettting ready to install a EnvisaLink3 onto my DSC panel and wanted to ask the type and gauge wire I should use between the module and panel.
Thanks.
Re: Wire gauge...
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:01 pm
by pounder
24-26ga - usual phone or network cable.
Re: Wire gauge...
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:08 pm
by donnyk
pounder wrote:24-26ga - usual phone or network cable.
Solid core is considerably easier to work with.
Re: Wire gauge...
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:12 am
by joako
DSC manual states 22-18 gauge for keybus wiring.
Re: Wire gauge...
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:26 pm
by pounder
joako wrote:DSC manual states 22-18 gauge for keybus wiring.
That's sized for voltage drop on the worst case keypad distance which I believe is 1000ft, for a matter of inches inside the cabinet, pretty much anything is going to work.
hint - if you are really concerned about wire gauge on a long run or to something like the siren, use cat5 cable but treat a pair as a single wire and that effectively halves the losses.