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jennys72
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11h ago
Blew $180 on a thermal camera and it found the one bad panel before the drywall went up
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daniel593
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2d ago
Ran security wire next to line voltage for 8 years before a service call in Dayton made me see it
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lee72
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3d ago
Why does everyone say you need to replace the whole panel when a zone keeps faulting? Fixed a 12 zone board in Mesa with a $3 resistor
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kelly_nelson95
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5d ago
Can we talk about how I refused to use a toner probe for 2 years and that was just dumb pride
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jesse_fisher
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5d ago
Warning: I counted my unplanned panel swaps last quarter and the number was 14
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lucaslee
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7d ago
Guy training next to me asked why I still tone every wire by hand, and it got me thinking about the old days
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johnson.daniel
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7d ago
Watched a guy in Dallas mount a keypad at chest height, now I ask every customer where they actually walk in
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grace_white
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7d ago
Bought a $19 wire fisher at a flea market in Amarillo, and it out-pulled my $90 rod kit
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the_james
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7d ago
Zone 4 keeps getting wired to the panel's aux power instead of the bell circuit, and it burns out every time
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grantschmidt
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8d ago
Switched from wireless sensors to hardwired on a 1920s house in Milwaukee, and I feel dumb for waiting
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matthewkim
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9d ago
Ran Cat6 for 12 cameras instead of using the old coax and the picture difference is unreal
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felixfisher
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10d ago
Went with a recessed contact on a steel door in Boise last month instead of a surface mount, and I'm still not sure I picked right
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xena_fox39
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11d ago
Nearly lost a panel job in Tulsa because of one zip tie trick a guy showed me at a supply counter
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wyatt_green31
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16d ago
Dropped $60 on a cheap wireless keypad from a big box store and it ate 2 hours of my Saturday
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miles946
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16d ago
Tried mounting my keypad 58 inches up so kids couldn't reach it, now my wife needs a step stool to arm the system at night
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