Re: A River Ran Through It

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 27, 4:51=A0pm, "Bob La Londe" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A bunch of years ago we installed a burg/access system in a commercial
> building. =A0No real problems. =A0When a new tenant moved it we upgraded =
the
> system to make access management easier. =A0About a year after they moved=
 in
> we got a call that the alarm was flaking out. =A0Condensation from the ai=
r
> conditioner on their communication room was flooding down the wall on the
> inside. =A0I pointed out the problem and that they needed to remember to =
blow
> out the condensation line when they serviced it. =A0Six months later they
> called again. =A0Same problem. =A0Both times I recommended moving the pan=
el, but
> they decided not to pay the expense.
>
> Now mind you the previous occupant had a burg access control panel in the
> exact same location for more than a decade, and they had never had a
> problem.
>
> I received a call on Sunday. =A0Yep. =A0You guessed it. =A0A plastic drip=
 tray
> screwed to the wall in front of the AC over flowed because... the
> condensation line was plugged up again...
>
> Now, I haven't verified that everything works yet, but the last two times=
 it
> happened I blew out the water, let it dry, and powered it back up.
> Everything worked like a champ. =A0That is an X255. =A0Near the higher en=
d of
> Napco panels.
>
> Spare the judgmental comments please. =A0There was no air conditioner in =
that
> location when the panel was originally installed, and I recommended movin=
g
> the panel every time I was there after it was. =A0The original occupant j=
ust
> kept everything serviced and it was never a problem. =A0Today I finally g=
et to
> move the panel.
>
> WAIT!!! =A0There's more!
>
> Last year we had some pretty bad storms here in the desert. =A0One of my
> customers had some damage and water ran through their P801 control panel.
> Not just a little. =A0I was afraid to walk in the room as there was stand=
ing
> water still coating the floor. =A0When I pointed out the problem they ble=
w it
> out and powered it down themselves. =A0They powered it back up and I star=
ted
> receiving signals again. =A0A few weeks later a driving rain blew MORE wa=
ter
> in through their not yet repaired damage and the panel flaked out again.
> Same thing. =A0Its been working perfectly for a year after the powered it=
 back
> up again. =A0The P801 is near the low end of Napco panels.
>
> =A0I don't know if that is just luck or if Napco really builds their pane=
ls to
> withstand a flood, but...

I have had pretty much same luck with other panels if you catch them
fast enough and dry them out properly but it does degrade them and
they die earlier than they should.