Security Cable

Are there any industry standards or conventions for wire colour use in 6-wire security cable.

e.g.
Power - red & black
Tamper - ??
Alarm - ??

(remaining colours available for Tamper & Alarm are green, yellow, blue & white).

If there is a standard or convention could these be added to the Homesafe manual (example diagrams on page 8 of the Homesafe 5400/16CB Installation Manual). If there isn't a convention, why not add colour anyway?

 

I always thought that green and yellow was for tamper, and blue and white was for alarm, but I'm not a licensed security contractor, so I may very well be proved wrong.

Blue: Alarm COM
White: Alarm Zone
Yellow and Green for tamper, but not usually in any specific order.

Hope this helps give you some idea.
Most alarms I have seen have been wired with this color combination.

I guess one of the main reasons for not publishing wiring colour conventions is security-minded, it makes it harder for the bad guys to cut into the wiring in your roof and by-pass things.

Best Regards,

Darpa

 

Have a look here.

http://www.integratorsforum.com/showthread.php?t=4322

Cheers

Rohan

 

It is nice to have a standard as far as the installer is concerned

But not good as far as the Robber is concerned !!.

Charles

 

If the system is wired correctly it doesn't make any difference which wire / wires a thief cuts; it will immediately go into alarm.

Anyway, I'm sure some thieves have more knowledge of security systems than most installers...