Re: A River Ran Through It

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxx>]

"G. Morgan" <sealteam6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bob La Londe Wrote:
>
>>"Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> If NAPCO was spelled DSC then there would be a problem.
>>>
>>> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message
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>>>> On Feb 28, 11:46 am, "Bob La Londe" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> "G. Morgan" <sealte...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>> > Bob La Londe Wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >>Spare the judgmental comments please.  There was no air conditioner
>>>>> >>in
>>>>> >>that
>>>>> >>location when the panel was originally installed, and I recommended
>>>>> >>moving
>>>>> >>the panel every time I was there after it was.  The original
>>>>> >>occupant
>>>>> >>just
>>>>> >>kept everything serviced and it was never a problem.  Today I
>>>>> >>finally
>>>>> >>get
>>>>> >>to
>>>>> >>move the panel.
>>>>>
>>>>> > I think a new board would be in order too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Third times a charm I guess.  We shall see.
>>>>
>>>> RHC: Sometimes it's astounding what a panel will take ! I had a client
>>>> that told me she had a water leak that ran down the wall and shorted
>>>> out her alarm panel. When I got there, I confirmed it had been totally
>>>> flooded. I didn't think that anything would survive that drenching,
>>>> but once the panel dried out, it worked perfectly. I kept an eye on it
>>>> for awhile, but it's been running for a year since that happened and
>>>> faithfully sends in it's test signals. Yet other times even a mild
>>>> surge over the phone lines will short the panel dialers hopelessly
>>>> destroying the board !!
>>>>
>>>> Go figure !!
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, that X255 is doing everything its supposed to.  I powered it up.
>>> Tested all the basic functions, and created some deliberate faults.
>>> Access,
>>> burg, communication, supervisory stuff.  All works.  Network module,
>>> EZMs,
>>> Panel.  This thing has been wet enough to flake out three times that I
>>> know
>>> of, and judging by the condition of the floor and the layer of black
>>> mold
>>> on
>>> the wall where the panel used to be its been wet plenty of times that it
>>> didn't totally flake out too.
>>
>>Well, it started acting flaky after a couple days, and the customer said
>>to
>>just replace it.  They gave me the old board though, so I'll set it out in
>>the sun for a few days to make sure its really dried out and power it back
>>up to see.
>>
>>It was having flaky key bus problems.  If I shut it down and powered it
>>back
>>up it would communicate fine for several hours, but since the keybus
>>provides data for the access modules, keypads, and expansion modules a
>>keybus communication problem is huge.  LOL.
>
> What I meant was, a NEW board would be in order (from the supplier).
> Not a dried-out one! lol....

And what I said was they got a new board.  You being slow today?  I have the
old wet board at my shop to play with.