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fiona_murray
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2d ago
DAE think Tuesday's 14-hour panel swap in Tacoma proves we should always quote a helper?
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betty_fisher5
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3d ago
TIL you can use zone resistors at the panel instead of at the sensor, and I wasted 9 hours on one motion detector in Boise
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evan51
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5d ago
Picked hardwired over wireless sensors for a 1920s house in Boise, 3 months in and not sure I made the right call
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wadeyoung
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6d ago
Found out at 2am on a Tuesday in Cedar Rapids that I'd been placing motion sensors way too high for 6 months
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rose_murray
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9d ago
Can we talk about how a $40 tone probe finally got me to drop my 20 year habit of yelling up the ladder?
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olivia_barnes97
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9d ago
Hot take: I quit writing zone lists on paper after 6 panels in one week got messed up
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leo_price
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9d ago
DAE think we push smart home integrations too hard when most of our customers just want the thing to beep?
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lucas159
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15d ago
Hot take: most guys set their motion sensors facing the door, not across it
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jennifer_fisher
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16d ago
Keypad beeped 9 times at a job in Tulsa and I stood there like a dummy
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bailey.xena
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19d ago
A veteran tech in Reno warned me about mounting panels on brick without anchors, and my drill almost proved him right
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wadeyoung
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21d ago
Lost a full day rewiring a Vista 20P because a 2 foot staple job from 2019 shorted the keypad bus
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janab87
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21d ago
Wired a 40 foot dock run in one trip because I labeled every wire first
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the_aaron
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22d ago
Panel beeping at 2am in a rental on Oak Street, do you pull the battery or call the tenant first?
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jennifer_fisher
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23d ago
Went from wire nuts to Wago lever connectors on panel swaps, and my callbacks dropped to zero
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rowan_thomas
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24d ago
Went with a hybrid panel on a 22 zone house in Boise and now I am second guessing it
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