4 Core Alarm Cable Colours

4 core security cable.

4 core alarm cable colours.

I ve never read seen anything about that so. The cable is ideal for use in alarm installations or where low voltages are used. Comms cable 4 core white stranded 100m cb 6cws. Security alarm cable 4 core black 100m.

As stated by many other posts there is no colour code that we use standard cable is 8 core old systems are done in 6 or really old 4 core if you have 8 normally it s red black 12v 0v blue yellow circuit green white tamper if your not using resistors brown org spare or another circuit. Comms cable 12core white strand 100m eol cb 4cws. Most everything else gets solid core cable. There s so many different colours that start with yellow blue black and red in 4 core.

Quickly get all the answers you need from one of multi cable s wire cable experts. A general purpose signal and alarm cable. Typically single core mains cables are used for higher current ratings as one line will be used for each of the three phases plus neutral and earth. I am now going to get electrician in to fit for me but i am a curious person and wondered what each colour was and how it should have been fitted to a light with live neutral and earth.

14 0 20 is a better thicker cable with 14 strands of copper each 0 20mm in area. I ve just had to fiddle around with another burglar alarm and wondered what all those colours in the detector cables mean. Standard multi core lines are available with 2 cores 3 cores 4 cores or 5 cores however some manufacturers offer rubber flexible cable variants with up to 19 conductive cores. The wire is 4 core brown black grey and then a single in covers copper cable.

Comms cable 6 core white stranded 100m. These cables meet the bs 4737 3 30 standard helping installers to determine the differences between types or grades of alarm cable. Global headquarters manufacturing site 37. It then gets even prettier with more colours in higher cored cable.

155r km cpr cat eca pvc wall thickness 0 50mm copper conductors complies with bs4737 3 30 2015 type 3. Speaking of color codes though every so often i d get a box of 22 4 stranded cable and for some reason the fourth wire was white not. Manufactured in white or black as standard although other colours can be easily and quickly produced for quantities as low as 300m for example to identify a circuit or blend with a colour scheme. 7 0 20 is a thinner cable with 7 strands of copper each 0 20mm in area.

We recommend 14 0 20 cable for all our kits. Send us your question.