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Etop Udoh wrote:

> 
>  I have a friend who wants a replacement intercom system installed in
> his house.    His old system suffered electrical damage.
> 
>  The old wiring for speakers and so forth are still there and intact.
> 
>  He just wants the old system pulled out, and the new system put in.
> 
>  The only issues are doorbells, garage doors and other things which
> were interfaced with and working with the original unit, and a couple
> of intercoms and speakers which weren't working before that he probably
> wants to get operational if at all possible and I assume that would
> involve some troubleshooting.
> 
>   The system is said to include message recording and so forth.
>  The replacement unit is an upgraded unit since the one they had
>  is no longer made or available for sale and they were told that it
>  should interface with their existing wiring just fine as long as the
>  number of wire pairs for speakers and power match.
> 
>  I am a Telephone tech, Computer and Electronic tech but I am not low-
>  voltage certified but am somewhat familiar with what it entails as far
>  as telephones and computers are concerned.
>  My question is  is this something that I can install for my friend
>  considering my background, and how much should I charge for the job
>  if it is something that I can do.

I have no idea what you should charge. I've never been a telephone tech. But
an intercom system seems so 1950's. Why not install a full-fledged PBX?
There is an open source PBX available from:

http://www.asterisk.org/

If you get a box to run it on, you could hook up telephones around the house
and each person could have their own line. With speaker phones, it would be
a thousand times more versatile than a silly intercom system.