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What testing should be done before field wiring is terminated in a fire alarm panel?

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What testing should be done before field wiring is terminated in a fire alarm panel?

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I think such things must be done by professionals. I know one good company that helped me to make backflow testing in Illinois(https://www.americanbackflowprevention.com/). They are also experts in fire prevention. Try to contact them to get consultations.

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Excellent question! The answer doesn’t depend on whether you’re terminating field wiring to a new installation or adding to an existing fire alarm system either, and furthermore, I figure that if you have to ask this question, you’re not as familiar with the process as you should be and had better remain under expert supervision until you’re confident enough with the process to fly on your own. Keep in mind that what I’m about to relate is very “general” in scope (the manufacturer may have some additional procedures you must employ before you put juice to the panel). The most important test is the one that ensures the fire alarm system is “normal” in all respects. On a new system (particularly an unprogrammed addressable one), this may prove to be somewhat challenging to the unitiated. You should be familiar enough with the common control display to tell whether the system has booted normally. If you’ve placed end-of-line resistors across the NAC circuits, you should wind up with a “lo

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