Re: Alarm Installation Pet Peeves <rant>

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So you can have the cut off labeled ends! Dummy of the Week Award !


"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Crash Gordon wrote:
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| > Installers that use only tape to make up switch connections in the
| > wall...like the tape won't fall off in a couple of years.
| >
| > Installers that put alarm panels 12' up the wall in a tiny pantry
closet.
| >
| > Installers that don't leave any service loop in the wall so if you have
to
| > change a switch out you have to work with a magnifying glass and a pair
of
| > locking forcepts...like you never ever have to change a switch?
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| Or they do leave a service loop, but don't tape the beans back along the
| wire so you can't pull out the switch.
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| >
| > Running only 2 conductor wire...sheesh...like 4 conductor is like
what...5
| > bucks more a box? Especially in a flat-top house with tile floors and
block
| > walls.
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| Or they run 4 conductor but cut the unused pair back so far they are
| useless.
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| > ....etc..
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| No wires labeled and the existing panel is dead and there is no zone
| info anywhere.  (2 months ago - new home owner, 15 zones, aside from
| fire all run on identical 4 conductor.  Toner got quite a work out as
| did I, running up and down stairs all day.)
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| Then there was the home owner who trimmed back our prewire bundle to
| help the painter get it out of the way.  Sure, he left enough wire....
| AND he even saved the part he cut off so we would have the labeled ends...
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