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Appreciation post: A customer in Tampa told me their old system had a 30 minute battery backup
Honestly, I was doing a takeover install and the homeowner mentioned their previous alarm only had a half hour of battery life. That's just crazy to me now. We're putting in systems with 24 hour backups as standard, and some even go to 48. It made me realize how much the baseline has shifted in just a few years. Tbh, if you're still quoting or installing anything under a full day of backup, you're doing your clients a disservice. What's the shortest backup time you guys would feel okay putting in a new system today?
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lisar141mo ago
@bell.taylor raises a good point, though I gotta say I think the half hour thing was more about complying with old UL listings than anything else. back then they figured the power would be back on or the cops would show up within 30 minutes. not great logic but that's how it was.
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