Wiring doors in cold weather

[Crash Gordon]

I'm still roughin' jobs in shorts and tee shirt..in Nov. gotta love it.
My orange tree is turning orange.
Da boids is singin'
Life id gud.
Goo goo ka choo.




|
| | > They do here too.
| >
| > I use glow sticks, push them up into the hole, put a piece of duct tape
to
| > keep it falling out, close the door, up in attic just attach the wires,
| come
| > back down open door, rip off tape, glow rod falls out and poke ya in da
| eye.
| > You can do it with cut up fish tapes as well.
| >
| > It gets cold in Texas?
|
| Cold is a relative term
|
| It gets down to maybe 30 and snows 1 or 2 days. To many here that doesn't
| sound very cold however when you are cooked at 100+ almost every day from
| June to early Sept that 30 degrees feels damn cold. And this is from
someone
| who came from Indiana
|
|

 

[alarman]

I'm still roughin' jobs in shorts and tee shirt..in Nov. gotta love it.
My orange tree is turning orange.
Da boids is singin'
Life id gud.
Goo goo ka choo.

Gettin' cold here, down to 58 this morning. Brrrrr...Time to break out the
Pendletons.
js

 

[Bill]

Gettin' cold here, down to 58 this morning. Brrrrr...

58 is cold? Around here in the spring when it warms up to 58/60 and is a
sunny day, it is the "beginning of summer" and guys will walk around with
their shirts off! (After a long winter and many months of no sunshine, lots
of rain, etc.)

I'll put on a light coat when it is in the low 50's, above that just
T-shirt.

 

[JoeRaisin]

Gettin' cold here, down to 58 this morning. Brrrrr...Time to break out the
Pendletons.
js

We were back up in the 40's this weekend but it was a bit nippy today
and they are calling for more snow tonight and the rest of the week.

Had my thermos of hot soup for lunch and that made the prewire of the
log home bearable...

 

[Crash Gordon]

Sometimes the night time temps plunge to 70...time to break ou the
sweatshirt.
Shit that's about the heavest jacket I own..sweatshirt and a baseball
jacket...and two pairs of long pants.


|
| | > I'm still roughin' jobs in shorts and tee shirt..in Nov. gotta love it.
| > My orange tree is turning orange.
| > Da boids is singin'
| > Life id gud.
| > Goo goo ka choo.
|
| Gettin' cold here, down to 58 this morning. Brrrrr...Time to break out the
| Pendletons.
| js
|
|
|

 

[petem]

in message

58 is cold? Around here in the spring when it warms up to 58/60 and is a
sunny day, it is the "beginning of summer" and guys will walk around with
their shirts off! (After a long winter and many months of no sunshine,
lots of rain, etc.)

I'll put on a light coat when it is in the low 50's, above that just
T-shirt.

In the last days it was around 0 to minus 3 (Celsius) or 32 F to 29 F and I
am still just wearing a small wool jacket over my shirt on the job..

the only time I took my coat was to adjust a long range card reader close to
a fence in a very large field,were winds was very intense...
I cant stand hot days..(especially if there is a high humidity level.. But
cold, bring in it on!,I remember skiing with nothing on my head (well I did
had long hair ;-) ) at minus 35 (around -5 F) at the Mt-Orford
resort..almost no one was on the slop,damn it was fun!(had to take a few
"caribou" shot every 2 or 3 descent...

 

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If the issue is minimizing the time the door is open so the client's
house doesn't get cold try this. Pull the wire from the attic area
above the door to the panel. Leave a few extra feet of cable above the
door. Then drill the door frame and run a short (maybe 6' long) lead
up to the attic. Connect the contact to the short lead. Close the
door and go up to make the final connection in the attic. It's more of
a PITA because you have to make an extra splice and an extra trip to
the attic but the door only stays open for 2-3 minutes as opposed to 15
minutes or more.

Regards,
Robert L Bass
www.BassBurglarAlarms.com

 

[Frank Olson]

If the issue is minimizing the time the door is open so the client's
house doesn't get cold try this. Pull the wire from the attic area
above the door to the panel. Leave a few extra feet of cable above the
door. Then drill the door frame and run a short (maybe 6' long) lead
up to the attic. Connect the contact to the short lead. Close the
door and go up to make the final connection in the attic. It's more of
a PITA because you have to make an extra splice and an extra trip to
the attic but the door only stays open for 2-3 minutes as opposed to 15
minutes or more.

So now you have a connection *in an attic* you might wind up having to
trouble-shoot at some time (not to mention the extra time you have to
spend up there making a splice)... The best method is to run the wire
*from the panel*. Drill up/down from the door, pull the wire through,
attach your contact and "Bob's your Uncle". The time it takes to do
this equals the time it takes to:

"Leave a few extra feet of cable above the door. Then drill the door
frame and run a short (maybe 6' long) lead up to the attic. Connect the
contact to the short lead."

And eliminates another crawl into the attic/crawlspace to:

"Close the door and go up to make the final connection in the attic".

 

[mikey]

That's most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Have you actually done that?
A needless splice in an impossible location too.

This is a silly thread, who started this? Santa at the North Pole?
It's awful up here, below freezing and we'll still stand in open front doors
saying goodbye for up 15 minutes all the time. It does the air in the
house good, you don't need a heat exchanger, plants like it almost as
much as beer, and females become ah, perkier.

 

[Frank Olson]

That's most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Have you actually done that?
A needless splice in an impossible location too.

This is a silly thread, who started this? Santa at the North Pole?
It's awful up here, below freezing and we'll still stand in open front doors
saying goodbye for up 15 minutes all the time. It does the air in the
house good, you don't need a heat exchanger, plants like it almost as
much as beer, and females become ah, perkier.

ROFL!!!

 

[petem]

having a splice in the attic....now that just prove you never did a good
installation in your life...
for sure a monkey can do the job as good as you....

 

[Frank Olson]

having a splice in the attic....now that just prove you never did a good
installation in your life...

I was thinkin' that, but didn't want to say it. After all, the FAQ does
day "if you can't say something nice..."

for sure a monkey can do the job as good as you....

Now you're insulting monkeys. Tsk!!! For shame!!!

 

[petem]

I was thinkin' that, but didn't want to say it. After all, the FAQ does
day "if you can't say something nice..."




Now you're insulting monkeys. Tsk!!! For shame!!!

Ok I am sorry I will make some polite excuse...to the monkey


thanks for remembering me that monkey do have feelings..