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Visited a school job site and changed my mind about wireless panels
I was wiring up a new elementary school in Portland last Tuesday and saw a crew using nothing but Honeywell 5800 series wireless sensors. I always thought wired was the only way for commercial, but watching them knock out a whole wing in two days without running a single wire made me reconsider. Has anyone else tried going mostly wireless on a big job?
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blake43212d ago
I saw a similar setup at a middle school in Eugene last month and it really opened my eyes. I always thought wireless was just for retrofits where you couldn't get wires in, but they were doing new construction with nothing but 5800 series stuff. The foreman told me they saved almost 40 hours of labor on that wing alone. Made me realize I was stuck in my old ways for sure.
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benwilliams12d ago
Calling total bull on that 40 hour savings figure @blake432... I've seen those wireless systems drop connection during testing and eat up way more time in troubleshooting than you'd save running a few cables. Not convinced new construction should ditch hardwiring just yet.
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