Re: cleaner wiring solution needed

["Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> We'd switched to Ademco products when
>> ADI opened their branch in Edmonton...
>
> Hmm.  No one at ADI Edmonton has ever heard of you.  Was this before,
> during or after your stint as an air traffic accident investigator?

Well after.  "Olson" is not the name on my license (driver's, pilot's, or
installer's).  It's no wonder they haven't "heard of me".


>
>> ... When Westec took over one of our
>> pre-wires, well, golly gosh darn, the only
>> points that were home run to the actual
>> control unit were in the basement (+ the
>> keypads).  "What?" I asked.  "You mean you've never heard of an
>> addressable
>> system??"
>
> Hmm.  Westec called you in to consult while they were taking over your
> unsatisfied customer's systems?  Interesting.

Nope.  It was a new house.  We did all the pre-wires and installations for
this particular builder.  Westec had sold the new owner (one of their
customers already) on one of their "5000" systems and wound up walking into
our pre-wire.  It was pretty funny actually.  When the owner saw the
features of our equipment compared to the much more expensive Westec product
he was pretty impressed.  He was able to back out of the contract with them
because they wouldn't have been able to complete without his incurring
substantially more expense.  We did the best pre-wire in the industry.  Full
perimeter.


>
>> The Edmonton franchise holders sold the
>> whole kit and kaboodle to ADT in around
>> 1986/87.  They walked away with a really
>> nice "pile" of change...
>
> And they of course told you this.  :^)

Nope.  Standard industry knowledge.  They had 2800 accounts when they sold
to ADT and were charging $30.00 a month for each one...  You "do the math".