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Just about to start pulling in the cables for my smile detectors, however I dint have the detectors yet. Is there enough room in the terminals to terminate a supply feed in and then loop out to the next detector or is a junction box required to house the feed and a supply taken from every J/B?
 
I used to put a round dry line box behind Aico alarms, otherwise the wires were exposed from the sheathing, if you get my drift.
They are not exposed, there’s a cover over the cables, there’s no cables exposed once the smoke head is removed.
I think you’re thinking of the wrong manufacturer
 
They are not exposed, there’s a cover over the cables, there’s no cables exposed once the smoke head is removed.
think hemeant where the cables enter from the back. you need to keep the sheath stripped part quite short.
 
me neither, but you need to strip back no more than 1" of sheath. or it's difficult to get the cover on. that's probably why i find a few knocking around the bottom of my toolbelt. :)
 
me neither, but you need to strip back no more than 1" of sheath. or it's difficult to get the cover on. that's probably why i find a few knocking around the bottom of my toolbelt. :)
Best smokes on the market in my opinion.
They’ve never seemed to have changed much over the years.
 
funny that. last week replaced a duff one. bungalow only had 2, both square. tight fisted client would only stretch to replacing the faulty one, then complains he can't obtain a square one and the new one exposes the 30 year old patch of wallpaper on the ceiling that was under the detector. still allcredit to aico for making them compatible with ancient ones.
 
funny that. last week replaced a duff one. bungalow only had 2, both square. tight fisted client would only stretch to replacing the faulty one, then complains he can't obtain a square one and the new one exposes the 30 year old patch of wallpaper on the ceiling that was under the detector. still allcredit to aico for making them compatible with ancient ones.
I could never get the rectangular type smokes square haha
 
My point is, can you get x2 t+e cables terminated in it? Feed in and feed to next detector?

Yes, even I have managed it easily with 2×3&e.

Can't leave long tails though, just an inch or so.

Are you using twin, or three core - need the third line wire for inter-operation /linking of alarms. (Unless paying for the additional wireless option)
 
Yes, even I have managed it easily with 2×3&e.

Can't leave long tails though, just an inch or so.

Are you using twin, or three core - need the third line wire for inter-operation /linking of alarms. (Unless paying for the additional wireless option)

Sorry, I meant 3c+e
 

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