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the_jenny
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1h 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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1d 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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3d 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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5d 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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5d 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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6d 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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8d 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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12d 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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12d 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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michael_williams
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12d ago
Ran 14 new zones on a Tuesday in Cheyenne and every single one toned out clean on the first try
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cora_west5
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14d ago
Question about the 2019 code change that made me redo 14 panel labels
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miaprice
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16d ago
Shoutout to the retired installer in Tulsa who told me to stop zip tying wires to the sprinkler pipe
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sanchez.julia
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18d ago
Finished a 22 zone panel in one day and the homeowner hugged me
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smith.lee
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18d ago
Saw a panel in a Waco gas station with the cover off and wires hanging out
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abbyhall
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20d ago
Showerthought: a hotel keypad in Tulsa taught me something about my own installs
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