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shanefisher•2d ago

It took me 47 panel swaps to figure out why my com wires kept failing

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logan_white59•2d ago

Serious question, do you charge for the first walk-through on a takeover panel job?

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mason.jason•2d ago

Rant: dropped $310 on a 'smart' zone kit that fought my old panel for 3 weeks

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anthonykim•2d ago

Thought glass break detectors were snake oil until a job in Tulsa changed my mind

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evan_harris14•4d ago

Dropped $75 on a knockoff panel key at a supply house in Dallas, and it stripped on the second job

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victor_butler50•4d ago

Unpopular opinion: a $12 tube of dielectric grease would have saved me a 3am callback in the rain

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sagelane•4d ago

Unpopular opinion: the 200th panel install is when I finally stopped guessing at resistor values

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mark_nguyen95•4d ago

PSA: the panel at that new build in Mesa has every zone labeled "spare"

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anthonykim•5d ago

Why does nobody talk about how quiet panels got between 2005 and now?

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ray648•5d ago

Update: guy at the supply house said my panel wiring looked like spaghetti, so I changed one thing

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kevin_adams•9d ago

I swore hardwired zones were dead, then a 90 degree attic in Fresno changed my mind

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stella279•9d ago

Hot take: those new all wireless systems are a step backward for real installs

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reese_chen•9d ago

I swore keypads by the front door were dumb, then I spent a day at a retirement home in Tucson

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wadeowens•10d ago

Why does nobody talk about running cat6 before the drywall goes up

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jordanr89•11d ago

Spent $210 on a name brand wireless kit for a rental, and the $40 wired one from the hardware store did the same job

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