Safe Home Security Intercom Installation

Home security intercom adds an extra level of security to your home whilst living in these times in Johannesburg. Both hard-wired and wireless intercoms are available. But be careful when you are improving the security of your home that you are not decreasing the safety of your home.

When installing a new gate or garage motor, a hard wired intercom or an electric fence the wiring of all automation motors, intercoms, and electric fences need to be compliant with the electricity regulation board, known as the ELECTRICAL CONFORMANCE BOARD South Africa (ECBSA).

Here is an example of a non-compliant installation of an intercom by a dodgy installer. The cable is exposed to weather such as rain and UV exposure and mechanical forces such as bending and kinking.

Correct home security intercom installation of a hard-wired intercom includes the wires in conduit (An electrical conduit is a tube used to protect and route electrical wiring in a building or structure) and no joints underground. This prevents water from seeping onto the electrical wires. Conduit piping also prevents wires from being damaged by kinking or bending.

All this can cause an electrical short. An electrical short allows the electricity to pass through a path of least resistance Less distance between the two points means less resistance, which means your short circuit will produce more heat and result in fires.

If you accept work like this from a contractor you are compromising the electricity compliance of your house as set out by ECBSA. This contractor was clearly taking short cuts in doing the work and putting the homeowner at risk. The homeowner is responsible for compliance, not the contractor.

If a fire is to develop due to the non- compliant wiring of your home security intercom and causes damage to your house. your insurance may very well not pay out.

So do not compromise your home safety – choose a reputable intercom installer such as Gate Repair Services.