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black.joel
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1d ago
Found out our city requires a permit for ANY panel swap, even a like for like, and 6 of my jobs last month would have failed inspection
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hunt.aaron
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1d ago
Showerthought: a raccoon chewed through a 22/4 in an attic in Bend and I spent 2 hours checking the panel first
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oliver_hunt
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2d ago
TIL my panel's backup battery died at 2 AM and the siren chirped like a dying bird
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charliebarnes
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3d ago
Ran a 3 day test disarming the panel with the dialer hooked up instead of pulling it, weirdest thing happened
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the_henry
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6d ago
I called panel surge protection 'upsell nonsense' until a guy in Tampa showed me a $1,800 service call
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ryan_ellis
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7d ago
I finally checked the panel wiring on a 6 month old install and found something that made me redo my whole checklist
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norag66
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7d ago
The tech who told me my zone map was useless on a 22 zone job in Reno
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the_lee
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7d ago
Watched a guy in Reno mount a keypad at 5 feet 2 inches because his wife is short, and I've been doing it wrong for 9 years
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grant.nina
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8d ago
Walked into a new build in Franklin and counted 6 can lights drilled right through the fire blocking
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the_max
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9d ago
Watched an installer in Tulsa lose a panel door in a crawlspace and now I tape every screw to the box
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the_nina
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10d ago
I thought the $6 magnetic contact trick was nonsense until a job in Tulsa made me a believer
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paulw87
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12d ago
Can we talk about how panel wiring takes longer than the install itself?
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norag66
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12d ago
Panel swap in Fresno went so smooth I finished by 11am, then the homeowner's dog locked me out
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the_angela
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15d ago
A veteran tech named Sal in Tampa convinced me to run 22/4 on every keypad drop and I finally get why
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mary776
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16d ago
Lost $340 on a box of 50 wireless sensors that don't pair with anything I own
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