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Walked through a new apartment complex in Phoenix last week, noticed something odd about their alarm wiring

I was checking out a friend's new place in Phoenix last week and took a look at their alarm panel. The installer ran all the wires through the attic but left about 3 feet of extra cable coiled up inside the panel box. Made me wonder if they just didn't feel like cutting it down to size. That extra slack can mess with signal interference on some systems I've worked with. Has anyone else run into installers leaving huge loops of wire like that? I'm curious if there's a reason for it or just laziness.
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jordancoleman
Nah, I'd rather have the slack than fight a short wire later.
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stone.jesse
Yeah, I'm guilty of leaving a little extra slack myself sometimes.
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