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davis.noah
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1d ago
TIL my zone doubling was the reason for repeat false alarms on a job in Tulsa
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dakota415
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3d ago
My soldering iron died mid-run on a 42-zone panel install in Phoenix last Tuesday
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elliot_gibson27
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3d ago
PSA: Reached 500 panels wired and realized I'd been making the same dumb mistake on about 20 of them
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the_mary
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4d ago
Burned $85 on a cheap toner probe kit from a supply house in Tulsa and it nearly cost me a whole panel job
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vera_johnson9
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8d ago
Warning: I quit using silicone on exterior door contacts, and 8 months of Houston humidity proved me wrong
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paul_taylor21
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12d ago
Ran coax staples by hand for 3 years, finally bought a stapler last Tuesday
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michaeltorres
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15d ago
Bought a $90 wire tracer off Amazon and it found the break in 4 minutes after I spent 2 hours guessing
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piper_kim
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16d ago
Appreciation post: a 900MHz wireless takeover kit cut my attic time from 5 hours to 90 minutes on a 3 story in Boise
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nancyj11
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16d ago
Spent 3 hours chasing a ground fault on a 16 zone panel and it was the stupid zone 7 wire
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murray.jana
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18d ago
TIL my old boss was wrong about putting keypads on interior walls only
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paige331
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18d ago
Vent: learned the hard way in Tucson to test the panel battery BEFORE mounting it on the wall
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murphy.aaron
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20d ago
Unpopular opinion: the guy who sold me panels at the supply house in Dayton changed how I do walkthroughs
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piperbailey
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22d ago
Ran 400 feet of Cat6 through a 1950s Cape Cod in Salem, and found a trick with a shop vac and a plastic bag
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emma_flores
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24d ago
My old partner in Tucson told me to stop zip tying wires to the panel, and I finally got why after 12 years
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betty_wells
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25d ago
Unpopular opinion: the guy at the supply house in Tulsa told me most callbacks are from old keypads, not new sensors
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