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I always remember talking to a guy that sat on a few of the committees that produced the standards for the intruder alarm industry I suggested to to him that it was all about coffee and choccy biccy's and catching with some mates and that changes to the standards / regs were the justification...

There seems to be a bit of a resurgance recently in connection with the higher grid voltages that the PV installations are apparently creating, some will no doubt be taken in with others will treat them with the contempt they deserve

Somebody mentions the ice age and they are climate change denier without any debate, really Over the last 5 billion or so years the earth has had at least 5 ice ages unfortunately there are no detailed records available unlike the last couple of hundred years but it is all down to what suits...

What is tripping is it an RCD / RCBO or MCB and does this trip only occur when the gate is operated What tests did the gate guy do to decide a motor had failed If the gate equipment has been disconnected from the supply at the gate end then that would suggest that the fault is in the supply cable.

You seem to have had the same tech support experience as me, the worst I have had recently is Salamander pumps who won't admit they have a design fault in the flow switches of one of their pumps and the problem they trot out is the pump I have used is wrong and it should have been a negative...

You are obviously a climate change advocate who does not want to debate it and anyone who disagrees is climate change denier, Man maybe one of many factors but is not the sole cause of climate change and I doubt we can tax climate change out of existance The earth since it was formed has had...

It's possible they might have wireless electricity by then :whistle:

At the Security Event in Birmingham last year I asked the Texecom tech guy's a couple of questions and didn't really get a satisfactory answer, I put that down to the fact that they looked like they were not that long out of uni and had zero experience out in the real world of alarm installation...

If it is a new panel I think you need to connect the mains first then the battery

It is a tough old world out there and the current rush for qualifications over experience is becoming more prevalent as is the need for covering your ass in the world of litigation After looking at all the posts in this thread in some ways you made a rod for your own back in not fully...

Security live was a good show last year as were the other co-located shows

I'm sure there is some information missing here How did swapping 2 CU's into one become an emergency job that you couldn't bring a contractor in who may have been better equipped If you are carrying out inspections and auditing contractors I would have thought you would have come across Dual...

Compared to past years it was very quiet throughout the day and a few companies I have got to know over many years were saying the same. Some of the first come first served well publicised give aways I noticed took an hour or more to clear in previous events they would have lasted minutes. In...

I thought it was very quiet and not many people there, very easy to get on the car park next to the venue with no queues

I was there today, wasn't very busy