Finally got the old keypad in that 1970s split-level to stop giving false alarms after three hours of tracing a single frayed wire behind the baseboard.

Anyone else have a trick for dealing with that old cloth-covered alarm wire that just crumbles when you touch it?

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Yeah that old cloth wire is a nightmare. I've had luck with a heat gun on low to soften the insulation before moving it.

Heat guns just bake that old insulation into a crumbly mess.