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Overheard a contractor in line at the supply house complaining about 'smart' breakers
He was telling his buddy that a new build he's wiring has a full panel of them, and the homeowner wants every circuit monitored through an app. The guy said it took him an extra two hours just to get the system talking to the Wi-Fi. It made me think we're adding a lot of points of failure for a feature most people won't use. Has anyone else had to install a whole panel of these things, and was it worth the hassle?
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nora1023d agoMost Upvoted
Wait, is he talking about smart breakers or a whole panel monitor? Because slapping a clamp-on monitor on a normal panel is way easier than dealing with those fancy individual breakers.
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henry_kelly5423d ago
Good question. I was all about the clamp-on monitor too, cheaper and simple. Then I saw how the smart breakers track each circuit without any guesswork. That detail changed my mind, you get the exact data for everything.
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