Low Voltage Wiring: Security/Fire Alarm Systems (Paperback)

by Terry Kennedy (Author), John Traister (Author), John E. Traister (Author), Terry Kennedy (Author) "In time, many field technicians want to go into the security and fire alarms business for themselves, small to midsize contractors want to grow their..." (more)
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"Ron Milstein, owner of Building Tech Bookstore in Beaverton, OR: "Traister's book is the best overview book on this topic. Adding business development strategies is a great idea because these guys need this information.

Product Description
Best-of-the-best guidelines for handling low voltage wiring

The A-Z reference on designing, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting modern security and fire alarm systems is now fully up-to-date in a new edition. Prepared by Terry Kennedy and John E. Traister, authors with over three decades of hands-on experience apiece in the construction industry, Low Voltage Wiring: Security/Fire Alarm Systems, Third Edition provides all the appropriate wiring data you need to work on security and fire alarm systems in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. A CD-ROM packaged with the book conveniently puts at your fingertips sample forms, checklists, a fully-searchable glossary, and hot-linked industry reference URLs. In addition, you get:

*Important safety tips
* Lists of regulations
* Explanations of emerging technologies
*Useful treatments of estimating and bidding
* Much more

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (August 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071376747
• ISBN-13: 978-0071376747
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #340,886 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, February 13, 2005

By	John G. Downey - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book hoping to at least learn how to connect wires for an alarm system. I was highly disappointed. Do not waste your money.

8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars totally useless!, October 3, 2003

By A Customer

I thought it`s a good book. But unfortunatly useless. Dont` spend money and time for this book!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good knowledge of the topic, July 22, 2008

By	Robert G. Bates "Robert G. Bates Jr." (Nantucket, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book provides the needed information to allow a person to get some of the needed knowledge to install and/or understand the low voltage alarms