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Spent 3 hours chasing a false alarm that was just a loose wire on the panel
Honestly, thought my panel was fried or the zone was shorted. I tested every sensor on that zone, swapped batteries, rechecked the loop resistance like 4 times. Turns out the screw terminal on the PCB just wasn't tight enough from the factory. After all that testing, a simple quarter turn with a screwdriver fixed it. Has anyone else wasted a whole afternoon on something that dumb?
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mary_patel591mo ago
Wait, you mean the factory didn't even snug down the screw on a brand new panel?
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Pick up on that loose wire thing because I bet half the people reading this have done the exact same dance. You chase phantom troubles for hours when the real fix is just tightening something you already looked at. It's the kind of thing that makes you wanna laugh and throw the screwdriver at the same time.
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terryallen1d ago
You're saying a loose screw from the factory is actually a simple fix? I'd argue the real problem is the installer who trusts the factory to do their job right in the first place. Pre-checking every terminal before powering up would have saved you those three hours without ever touching a sensor.
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