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CH®IS

Jan 1, 1970
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So we finally bothered to order a DSC Alexor kit, although it hasn't made it
out of the box yet.

I figure I'll bench test it and play around a bit in the next month or two
before we install it somewhere.

Hopefully the bugs (if any) have been worked out of it by now.

Any experiences from anyone on this system?

I'm hoping it does well and we can get our other installer away from his
beloved GE Allegro's.

- Chris
 
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petem

Jan 1, 1970
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Just Looking said:
Great for minimum wage installers equipped with double sided tape.

What are you talking about..

Installer with double sided tapes are the top of there trade.. just ask them
you will see!! ;-)
 
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CH®IS

Jan 1, 1970
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petem said:
What are you talking about..

Installer with double sided tapes are the top of there trade.. just ask
them you will see!! ;-)

Sadly it's true. There's a company doorknocking around here lately from out
of town. They're in and out in half an hour, never to be seen again. We
end up with work orders to fix their jobs since they were never tested or
setup to send test signals. They need better double sided tape though since
they've had many false alarms from contacts falling off doors. And they're
#1 in sales for a certain non-3 letter national dealer network.

- Chris
 
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CH®IS

Jan 1, 1970
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I've had one for about a year now, haven't had any issues although I'm
not a fan of the non-standard battery and plastic control box.

Never cared for the Allegro, too limited and not a big fan of the
wireless dialer

The panel batteries haven't been too bad, but the DTIM batteries were a pain
to find up until the past year or so. Naturally they couldn't use a
standard battery, where would they put it?

Plastic panel seems odd, but I guess there's nothing to put in it anyway.
As long as it's DSC plastic and not GE plastic it should be ok.

The limitations of the Allegro can be a problem at times, like when you want
a real siren or a second keypad. I would be a big fan of the wireless
dialer, except that half the Allegro's we've installed have had issues with
the dialer. This is not where the biggest reliability issue should come
from. Many of them were recalled and many more still have problems,
especially after changing the battery.

As long as it's installed properly and the dialer works it's not a bad
system for residential use (it is even rated as a commercial panel?
hopefully not).

- Chris
 
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petem

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
From six paces.

wonder what would be the face of the lady of the house when an installer
drop his pants and start doing his job to provide some glue ;-)
 
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