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joelt70
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3h ago
Switched from twist-on B connectors to Wago 221s on a 16 zone panel in Denver last week
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cora863
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16h ago
I mapped every zone on paper before touching a panel, cut my attic time in half
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reeseperez
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3d ago
I called a guy crazy for using 22 gauge wire on a 400 foot run, then I ate my words
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wendyk56
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4d ago
Elderly customer in Bend taught me to label every zone after I mixed up her back porch with the garage
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roseb15
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5d ago
Hit panel #1000 yesterday and it kind of weirded me out
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mila405
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6d ago
Ran new keypad wire through a wall with a live knob-and-tube splice hiding in it
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davis.adam
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8d ago
Heard a tech say he stopped testing zones on install day, and I can't get it out of my head
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scott.miles
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9d ago
TIL I was wrong about using wire staples on Cat6 runs, a guy in Dayton showed me his tester results
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richard_west68
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9d ago
A guy in Phoenix said he stopped using zone lists on residential panels, half of you will hate this
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sarah_hart
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10d ago
Wasted 3 hours on a panel swap in Houston before I checked the door contacts
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keithbutler
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11d ago
Checked a foreclosed house in Toledo last Tuesday and found a panel held together with electrical tape
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hayes.joel
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14d ago
Held a deadbolt in my hand for 3 installs straight, all on the same street in Akron
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mila_brown10
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18d ago
Wire nuts in alarm panels are a hack job, and the old guys who taught me are wrong
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morgan_bailey93
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19d ago
PSA: tried pulling cat6 through a wall cavity with a shop vac and a plastic bag, saved me drilling 6 more holes
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the_emery
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20d ago
Ran 22 gauge on a 400 foot run in Phoenix and now I'm getting voltage drop
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