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Walked into an old bank yesterday and saw their original alarm panel from 1985 still in place
I was doing a site survey for a new install at this small bank branch downtown and noticed this old Ademco panel still mounted in the basement. The manager said they never bothered to remove it after upgrading to a digital system back in 2002. It was cool seeing the old dialer and foil tape on the windows still intact. Really got me thinking about how much simpler the wiring was back then compared to the IP stuff we deal with now. Anyone else come across old relics like that on jobs?
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harperb463mo ago
Wait, was the foil tape actually still functional or just decorative at that point? Always wondered if those old systems would still trip if someone broke a window today, or if they'd just silently flash a red light until the 90s tech finally gave up.
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