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joseph_baker
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37m ago
Overheard an installer in the supply house say he never labels zone wires, and it stuck with me
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emmajackson
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3h ago
Rant: went with a recessed contact on the front door instead of a surface mount, now I'm the one resealing trim every winter
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the_angela
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20h ago
A 30 year vet watched me mount a keypad and asked if I was "framing a picture or hanging an alarm"
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derekgonzalez
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23h ago
Why do so many guys still tape off recessed door contacts with cheap painter's tape?
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cameron_palmer
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2d ago
Best week I've had in 3 years, 14 panel swaps in 5 days in Fort Worth
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hart.taylor
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5d ago
Spent 6 hours on a keypad that kept beeping, turned out to be one dumb thing
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jesse_lewis
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5d ago
Ran Cat5e on one panel and 22/4 on the next, and I'm never going back to the old wire
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harris.emma
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8d ago
Just realized my worst install story is the one I keep telling at every job site
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jana_lewis16
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9d ago
Heard a guy in the van next to me say he uses the same code for every panel he installs
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andrew_sanchez94
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11d ago
Seen 4 panels this month with the same yellow corrosion at the terminals, all installed after 2019
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drew_thomas9
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12d ago
Update: Found a spliced zone wire behind a panel in Tacoma, and it was hidden from me for 3 days
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charlesb42
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13d ago
Hit 500 panel installs this month and the number that got me was 38
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tessa_rivera
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14d ago
Old installer in Tulsa told me to label every zone wire with a sharpie before landing it, and he was dead right
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milesp38
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14d ago
I finally hit zero callbacks in a month, and now I cant decide if that means my installs got better or my customers just stopped calling
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jade_lane
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16d ago
Spent 2 hours chasing a ground fault before I checked my own splice in the attic
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