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Last week cost me half a day on a simple install

Customer's panel kept throwing a tamper fault. Turns out the old installer used a 4.7k resistor instead of a 2.2k. Check your resistors before you start, has anyone else run into mismatched parts from previous jobs?
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colemiller
colemiller1mo ago
Yeah @valgibson, it's like they just grabbed whatever was closest in the parts drawer.
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valgibson
valgibson1mo ago
Oh man, that is just frustrating. I've seen some real head-scratchers out in the field, but a wrong resistor value is such a simple thing to mess up. It's like the last guy just grabbed whatever was in his van without thinking. You think you can trust the existing wiring and then bam, half your day is gone for nothing.
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