Re: A River Ran Through It

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

"Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "G. Morgan" <sealteam6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Bob La Londe Wrote:
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>>>"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.

"and the customer said to just replace it.  They gave me the old board
though,"