Remember when every house got a full hardwired panel?

Last week I walked into a new build where the builder wanted all wireless sensors because it was faster. Back in 2008 I spent three straight days running wire for a 4,500 square foot house in Austin and the customer still talks about how reliable that system is. Anyone else seeing a big drop in customers asking for hardwired setups?

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benb212d ago

Agree that wireless is taking over but idk if that 2008 job is fully hardwired the way we think of it now. Most old school hardwired panels still used phone line monitoring not cellular backup like modern systems do. Maybe it's just me but the real draw of hardwire now is avoiding battery swaps not some unbeatable reliability over wireless.

reeselewis2d ago

Ngl you're underselling hardwire reliability big time. Phone line monitoring was actually rock solid for decades, way more stable than any cellular link that can get jammed or lose signal in a storm. Battery swaps aren't even the main win, it's the fact that hardwired sensors don't have to worry about interference from wifi routers or other wireless crap in your house. Plenty of old 2008 panels are still running perfectly today without a single dropout, try saying that about a wireless system from the same era. The real draw is that hardwire gives you a permanent connection that doesn't degrade over time, no batteries to die, no firmware to corrupt, just pure copper doing its thing. People forget that wireless was pushed by installers wanting easier labor, not because it was actually better for the customer.