Re: Installalation Tips and Tools

[bdolph <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice simple tips on first impressions with the customer.

BobbyD

Bob Worthy wrote:

>Number one rule: Use the right tool for the proper job.
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>Number two rule: Keep the tools is good condition. Dull screwdrivers are
>dangerous and can be easily reconditioned. Rusty dykes, dull rusty drill
>bits, extention cords that are frayed, ladders with wore feet, brushes on
>drills, etc. can all be reconditioned and if not should be retired.
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>Tip: On a post wire installation, when your tech rings the door bell and the
>lady of the house answers, the most comforting thing for her to see is your
>tech standing there with a vacuum cleaner and drop cloth. It is more
>re-assuring then him standing there with drill motors, 6' flex bits,
>extension cords, ladders etc. First impressions are everything.
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>Tip: Have your sales person instruct the customer to have items moved out
>away from the windows, doors, panel location etc. prior to the installers
>arriving. This will save time and lessen the chance of the installer
>accidently damaging something.
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>Tip: Where contacts and magnets cannot be recessed or screwed down, people
>rely on the adhesive strip on the device. Clean the surface with alcohol or
>mineral spirits, place the device and then add a small bead of RTV (clear)
>around the edges and wipe smooth (using Jim's trick). Saves that trip back
>because the tape didn't hold.
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>"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>One drywall screw and half a tube of construction adhesive.
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>>"Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>| > Hi Everyone,
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>>| > I am considering an upcoming article on installation tips and tools.
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>>| > anyone in the group here has any good tips you would like to pass on
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>>| > the group I will be glad to reference you if it goes to print.
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>>| > Did anyone catch the installation fishing contest at the last ISC
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>>| > It was put on by B.E.S. and the Training Dept.  Some pretty fierce
>>| > competition and the winners beat the others by hundredths of a
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>>| > Bob
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>>| > Bob Dolph
>>| > Product & Training Consultant  http://www.bobdolph.com
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>>| > "Tech Talk" Security Sales & Integration Magazine
>>| > http://www.securitysales.com/t_ci_articleView.cfm?ttbd=1923
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