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TIL a stuck magnetic contact can eat up half your day

Had a job in a 1920s house where the door contact kept showing 'open' even when shut tight, and I spent 4 hours checking the wire run and panel before I found a tiny piece of metal shaving stuck to the magnet. What's the weirdest thing you've found causing a false alarm?
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richardk26
richardk261mo ago
Half a day for a metal shaving? That seems a bit much, was the system that hard to work on?
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patriciar49
My old Ford took three hours for that same thing, @richardk26.
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jones.mason
Ever think maybe that half-day was actually time well spent?
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