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faithpatel
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1d ago
That installer at the supply counter said keypads are dead, and I can't stop thinking about it
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xenabutler
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1d ago
The old timer at my supply house told me to quit using 22/4 and I ignored him for a year
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drews55
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2d ago
A rep in Kansas City swore the cheap 22 gauge wire would be fine on a 300 foot run, and I told him he was nuts
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bell.harper
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2d ago
I pulled 14 runs of Cat6 in 95 degree heat on Tuesday and it was the best day I've had on a job in months
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thompson.julia
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3d ago
I mounted keypads at chest height for 8 years until a homeowner in Phoenix asked me why
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scott.alex
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3d ago
A crusty installer in Reno said to stop zip tying to conduit, and 3 service calls later I get it
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the_jenny
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4d ago
Shoutout to the homeowner in Dayton who handed me a lemonade mid-install and then asked 40 questions
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amy654
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5d ago
I used to skip the resistor on zone loops until an engineer showed me the math
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kimdixon
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8d ago
Panel beeping at 2am in a Riverside condo, turned out to be a loose zone wire on 7
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morganh44
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9d ago
Hot take: fishing with a glow rod in a dark drop ceiling saved me 40 minutes
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kelly_rivera
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10d ago
Rant: I stopped fishing cable through old walls with a rod and tried a magnet, cut my attic time in half
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max_schmidt77
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10d ago
Vent: a 30 year installer in Flint gave me one tip about keypad placement and 2 service calls this month proved him wrong
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river_thompson
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12d ago
Ran phone line and power in the same 2 gang box for 6 years before a panel swap in Boise tipped me off
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evan_burns
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17d ago
Update: found a 1987 alarm install price sheet in an old panel box in Dayton, and the numbers floored me
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craig.max
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17d ago
Pro tip: I blew $340 on motion sensors that run on 9V batteries, now I feel dumb every service call
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