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shane_park92
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9h ago
Ran cat6 next to a 120V line for 3 years before a hum on a Friday callback clued me in
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the_susan
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23h ago
Pro tip: Ran Cat5 to door contacts for 4 seasons before a panel swap in Dayton showed me my splice mistake
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drew_hart4
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5d ago
A 62 year old installer in Mesa told me to quit chasing the cheapest panel and I have not been able to shake it
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harper914
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7d ago
The old plumber in Tulsa told me my cable runs looked like spaghetti, then showed me his trick with bread ties
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pat_stone
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7d ago
A fire marshal in Fort Worth changed how I mount every keypad
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nelson.vera
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9d ago
Rant: the homeowner in Mesa named her cat 'Entry Delay' and I set off the alarm 3 times looking for it
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jessica707
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9d ago
Can we talk about hitting 400 panels installed and realizing I never logged half of them?
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nelson.vera
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12d ago
Changed my tune on glass break sensors after a job in Reno
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lily57
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12d ago
Warning: the $40 tone and probe kit I skipped is the reason I spent 3 hours in a crawlspace today
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rowanhernandez
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12d ago
Watched a 20 year old panel get swapped for a 2 hour install and the zone map went from pencil scribbles to a clean printout
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shane_butler48
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14d ago
Spent 6 hours last Tuesday chasing a ground fault on a 12 zone panel in Beaverton
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the_fiona
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14d ago
Zone map on paper vs. testing every sensor by hand, and the hand test caught 3 dead ones in a 40 zone panel in Reno
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jakeb81
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14d ago
My old mentor watched me zip tie a panel bundle and just shook his head, 20 years of velcro vs plastic came down to one sentence
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diana_schmidt78
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15d ago
Replaced a 15 year old panel in a rental duplex in Cleveland and cut service calls from 6 a year to zero
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morgan_king36
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16d ago
That one panel in the Hollis house took me 11 hours because of a hidden splice
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