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ben827
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13h ago
Guy at a gas station in Tulsa asked why his keypad beeps at 3am, and I still think about it
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sandra693
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2d ago
I finally started using a wire coat hanger to fish cables through insulated walls
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beth_ward80
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3d ago
Dropped $90 on a Klein tone probe and it found a cut wire in a 1970s ranch house in 4 minutes
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adams.barbara
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3d ago
DAE think 4-wire smoke zones are still king over wireless after a panel swap went sideways?
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jenkins.wade
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4d ago
Pro tip: ran cat6 for a panel swap in an old house in Cleveland and found the last guy stapled through the wire
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wesleya98
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4d ago
Spent 11 hours chasing a ground fault in a 40 unit building in Roanoke, turned out to be a screw
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nancy_price82
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10d ago
Got a 30 panel job in Sacramento done in one day with zero callbacks and I'm still grinning about it
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lunashah
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11d ago
Fished a keypad wire through a 1890s plaster wall in Annapolis, and I am now a fish tape convert
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charles_knight
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12d ago
The homeowner who followed me around with a notepad for 3 hours
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john_johnson75
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12d ago
Why I stopped putting motion sensors right above the thermostat
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brooke_nguyen65
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13d ago
A guy in Tulsa told me my keypad placement was a 'break-in starter kit' and it stung
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kai807
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15d ago
Pro tip: I zip tied every wire tight for 6 years and a panel in Mesa finally showed me why that was dumb
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davidwilliams
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17d ago
Watched a guy fish 40 feet of CAT6 through a 90 degree bend with his bare hands, then tried it myself with a glow rod and ate crow
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averym82
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18d ago
That Vista 20P panel at the Twin Falls job froze mid-programming and I lost two hours
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the_sean
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18d ago
Appreciation post: the older installer in Tucson who said 'no shortcuts on conduit bends, kid, the inspector checks every one'
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