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From: zonker@blblbl.UUCP (Rugby Wench)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Home Automation wire for sale
Message-ID: <209@blblbl.UUCP>
Date: 18 Apr 88 20:50:47 GMT
References: <1419@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
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In article <1419@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, nivek@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU (Kevin Dowling) writes:

> The wire is TRI/CON made by BrinTec (A large communications wire company)
> This cable is multi-conductor and consists of the following:

> 12AWG-2 with ground, SHIELDED power cable
> 4 twisted pairs (telephone wire, solid 22 awg)
> 1 RG-59 75 Ohm coax.

> Each outlet box has duplex receptacles, F-connector, and a modular 
> phone jack. 

Is this stuff UL listed?   How are the low voltage/class 2 conductors and
the terminations seperated from 120/240 stuff?

I have never encountered this sort of thing.  It sounds fairly fishy.

(And what would you NEED all those 20A single receptacle circuits for, 
anyways?)

Curious, in many ways,
--zonker 
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