Jack Fuse has eliminated plastic packaging from the PP8FR. Our flagship product now ships in cardboard only. Our packaging to wholesalers has also changed to plastic free options and we have asked our upstream suppliers to use plastic free packaging. We hope to roll this out across all products soon.
Jack Fuse is pleased to announce that our products are now available from Central Security Distribution. CSD has branches all over Australia and stocks a wide range of security products. Call into your local branch and ask about the Jack Fuse range.
Door Open To Long (DOTL) sounders are used at a door to warn when the door has been left open longer than a pre-set time. They are also sometimes used in large retail stores with secure fire exits to alert staff if a customer opens the door. The problem is that in the event of …
The PP4F will no longer be stocked by our wholesalers. The PP4F was a four way direct expansion module for the PP8FR. With the addition of the much more cost effective and smaller PP10HD to the Jack Fuse range we see little reason to continue the PP4F. Data and install notes will still be available …
The PP10HD is the latest Jack Fuse product and is a compact high density fused power distribution module; it features. 10 X 1A outputs with poly fuses (resettable) Double deck terminals for compact size (75 X 55mm) DIN rail mounting LED fuse status indication The …
A customer from WA found this in the course of his travels. Once again a separate fire trip relay has been mistakenly used! To make things worse the power has been fed into the expansion outputs rather than the dedicated inputs. This will work however it makes things harder for the tech who has had …
I found this today, a recent install. Maybe we need to make the instructions a little more clear/simple. The installer has used a separate relay to take the fire interface and monitor the fire trip. They have then fed the switched power into the fuse module. The whole point of the PP8FR is to provide …
The time has come to evaluate the current design of the PP8FR and PP4F against current market needs. We would greatly appreciate any feed back or new ideas from installers of our Power Port range. If you have any comments or want to make suggestions for new features please feel free to comment on this …
Voltage drop issues in security systems can be avoided with some simple calculations leading to correct cable selection. Theory We power electric locks and other devices via sheathed copper cable. This cable has a known resistance per meter and the electric device will require a known current. The resistance causes the voltage to drop as …
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