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What is a Riser cable? =answer=Cable to be used in
vertical wire runs in shafts between floors. Not to be used
where Plenum cable is required.
It is capable of preventing fire from rising from floor to
floor.
What is general purpose cable? =answer=Cable for
general purpose fire alarm use. Not to be used where
plenum cable or riser cable is required.
,It is resistant to the spread of fire.
Why 'type' shall plenum cable be? What substitutions are
allowed? =answer=Power Limited Fire Alarm Plenum
(F.P.L.P) C.M.P can be substituted.
Why 'type' shall riser cable be? What substitutions are
allowed? =answer=Power Limited Fire Alarm Riser
(F.P.L.R) C.M.P, F.P.L.P.
C.M.R can be substituted. Does a fire hood system and a
kitchen need to be monitored by the fire alarm system?
=answer=Yes
,What does P.L.F.A stand for? =answer=Power Limited Fire
Alarm
What does N.P.L.F.A stand for? =answer=Non-Power
Limited Fire Alarm
What is the difference between P.F.L.A and N.P.F.L.A?
=answer=an N.P.L.F.A can operate at up to 600v, and the
power output isn't limited
a P.L.F.A has the voltage and power limited by a listed
power source.
, What material must N.P.F.L.A circuit conductors be made
from? =answer=ONLY solid stranded copper is permitted.
What does A.W.G stand for? =answer=American Wire
Gauge
What size conductors are permitted? =answer=Size 18
A.W.G and 16 A.W.G are permitted, provided they do not
exceed certain capacities.
What is used to protect transformers or other devices
supplied from power-supply conductors? =answer=An
over-current device not rated over 20 amperes.