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Posted by shady on May 31, 2006, 10:58 pm
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> How does one find employees, including trainees?
>
> I have a friend with a burglar alarm business, installation and
> monitoring, homes and commerical property (no autos).
>
> He needs more installers and repairmen. Any ideas on where he can
> get them?
>
I got my start about two years ago from an ad posted at an employment
agency.
I had tons of computer experience, a little home construction experience,
but no alarm experience at all... never even touched a keypad before.
He was looking for someone experienced, but was willing to train too.
There isn't really much training when you get someone like me. Now I'm the
only person doing installations and service. 15-20 installations a month.
Residential, commercial, cameras, and whatever else I get thrown into. It's
a small town so we manage to keep up but are generally booked solid for a
week or two in advance.
As far as ohm's law goes, I've never used it. What would I need it for in
the alarm field? Electronics, sure... electrical, maybe... alarms, no.
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Posted by Tommy on June 1, 2006, 12:28 am
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"As far as ohm's law goes, I've never used it. What would I need it
> for in the alarm field? Electronics, sure... electrical, maybe...
> alarms, no."
You must be the best installer in the world. you've never had to chase
down a faulty contact or bad wire. if you ever use a meter for much
besides a paperweight you have been kneedeep in ohm's law.
shady wrote:
> > How does one find employees, including trainees?
> >
> > I have a friend with a burglar alarm business, installation and
> > monitoring, homes and commerical property (no autos).
> >
> > He needs more installers and repairmen. Any ideas on where he can
> > get them?
> >
>
> I got my start about two years ago from an ad posted at an employment
> agency.
>
> I had tons of computer experience, a little home construction
> experience, but no alarm experience at all... never even touched a
> keypad before.
>
> He was looking for someone experienced, but was willing to train too.
>
> There isn't really much training when you get someone like me. Now
> I'm the only person doing installations and service. 15-20
> installations a month. Residential, commercial, cameras, and whatever
> else I get thrown into. It's a small town so we manage to keep up
> but are generally booked solid for a week or two in advance.
>
> As far as ohm's law goes, I've never used it. What would I need it
> for in the alarm field? Electronics, sure... electrical, maybe...
> alarms, no.
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Posted by shady on June 1, 2006, 1:53 am
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"Tommy" <tommy at leesecurity dot net> wrote in message
> "As far as ohm's law goes, I've never used it. What would I need it
>> for in the alarm field? Electronics, sure... electrical, maybe...
>> alarms, no."
>
> You must be the best installer in the world. you've never had to chase
> down a faulty contact or bad wire. if you ever use a meter for much
> besides a paperweight you have been kneedeep in ohm's law.
>
Maybe... I don't think I've had to do any real troubleshooting on my own
systems... just other installers and especially other companies.
Seriously though, I don't assume to know everything there is to know. But
(so far) faulty wires and contacts are easily found through continuity
checks. Perhaps ohm's law is subliminally stuffed into that kind of thing?
I can't even remember the formula to be honest.
I've never learned well through studying though, experience works best...
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert
Einstein
"My education was interrupted only by my schooling." - Winston Churchill
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
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Posted by Tommy on June 1, 2006, 8:55 am
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realizing it. kinda like algebra. what's x+3=5? that's algebra in its
simplist form.
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shady wrote:
>
> "Tommy" <tommy at leesecurity dot net> wrote in message
> > "As far as ohm's law goes, I've never used it. What would I need it
> > > for in the alarm field? Electronics, sure... electrical, maybe...
> > > alarms, no."
> >
> > You must be the best installer in the world. you've never had to
> > chase down a faulty contact or bad wire. if you ever use a meter
> > for much besides a paperweight you have been kneedeep in ohm's law.
> >
>
> Maybe... I don't think I've had to do any real troubleshooting on my
> own systems... just other installers and especially other companies.
>
> Seriously though, I don't assume to know everything there is to know.
> But (so far) faulty wires and contacts are easily found through
> continuity checks. Perhaps ohm's law is subliminally stuffed into
> that kind of thing? I can't even remember the formula to be honest.
>
> I've never learned well through studying though, experience works
> best...
>
> "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." -
> Albert Einstein "My education was interrupted only by my schooling."
> - Winston Churchill "I have never let my schooling interfere with my
> education." - Mark Twain
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Posted by Jim on June 5, 2006, 2:46 pm
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Tommy wrote:
> Ohm's law is one of those things we use all the time without even
> realizing it. kinda like algebra. what's x+3=5? that's algebra in its
> simplist form.
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I've had people work for me who couldn't quote Ohm's Law, but they
still knew how to use a meter to trouble shoot. I think it's more that
they understand to concept of current flow, resistance to that current
flow and that votage is the "pressure" that moves the "current". Once
understanding that .... it's sort of Ohm's Law with out knowing the
actual formulas. They do it more by comparison and process of
elimination. The actual formulas are really only needed for
predetermining voltage drop , loads and current. Certainly a help if
you know them, but for most troubleshooting cases, as easy as they are,
a "tech" can get along 90% of the time, with out actually being able to
recite them.
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