Loading…
12
A guy at a supply house in Tulsa asked why I still test every sensor by hand, and it got me thinking
He said he tests one in ten and calls it good, which bugged me at first, but then I did the math on a 60 sensor job and realized my way adds two hours for almost nothing. Now I'm stuck wondering, how many of you actually test every single sensor on a big install, or am I the only one still doing it the slow way?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
patel.leo11d ago
Testing one in ten isn't really cutting corners if you know what you're looking for. A sensor that's dead out of the box usually shows it right away, and the ones that fail later tend to fail in groups, same batch, same install date, same environment. Two hours on a 60 sensor job sounds small until you're the guy eating that time on every single job and nobody's paying you extra for it. Doing everything by hand feels safe, but feeling safe and being right aren't always the same thing. Where's the line for you, does it change on a 200 sensor building or does every job get the full walkthrough?
6