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dakota811
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9h ago
The old installer in Reno who swore I'd never need to label a single zone wire
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hollyramirez
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22h ago
Can we talk about the keypad placement trick I picked up at a supply house counter in Toledo?
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kaip11
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2d ago
Just realized I've been mounting keypads at the wrong height since 2019 because a customer in Boise asked me one simple question
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rosed32
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3d ago
A tech in Boise told me my keypad placement was wrong and the reason was so simple it bugged me
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jasonc50
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4d ago
Switched all my door contacts from screw terminals to crimp connectors in January and callbacks dropped to zero
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bethj44
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6d ago
Hot take: my $600 thermal camera found 4 bad panels in one day and paid for itself
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lily230
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8d ago
Hot take: that 'you have 15 minutes to cancel a false alarm' thing is mostly a myth and it's costing us callbacks
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piper_flores69
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8d ago
PSA: watched a 30 year old panel swap in Denver add 90 minutes because nobody labeled the zone wires
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haydenj90
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10d ago
Said no way to cellular-only alarms, then a cut landline in Tulsa changed my mind
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wendygrant
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11d ago
Why do so many installers still put the keypad right next to the front door lock?
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hugobarnes
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13d ago
Appreciation post: the 92 year old lady in Boise who made me redo her keypad wiring twice
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luna_craig58
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13d ago
Thought those cheap magnetic contact shims were a gimmick, then a 1920s house in Cincinnati changed my mind
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benflores
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16d ago
Am I the only one who thought zone resistors were a scam until a panel in Gary, Indiana proved me wrong?
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vera642
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17d ago
PSA: taping off the keypad hole saved me a callback in Tucson
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young.spencer
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17d ago
Just realized a 6 inch drill bit beats fishing wires through a finished wall every time
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