Alarm Management Systems
Can I use Cat 5e UTP cable to wire a home alarm system?
I’m prewiring my home. Aside from using Cat 5e for voice & data, can it be used to connect various alarm devices such as magnetic contacts, PIR sensors, low voltage siren & strobe, keypad, to the main control panel? If I’m not mistaken, magetic contacts use #22 AWG pair of white wires. Longest run is around 25 meters.
What’s the range of “low voltage” you can transmit using UTP, let us say 30 meters max? I wish to use it also to power 9v smoke alarms and DC-powered security cameras. The intent is to have centralized management of various systems and provide UPS backup to power.
I wish I could give you specific reasons why, but the answer is yes you can. The security department where I work is all the time hacking up our cat-5 cables to use for their wiring.
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