That convo with an electrician on Tuesday made me rethink my panel placement

I was grabbing parts at our local supply house and this old electrician just said 'you always put the panel where the homeowner can trip over it or where they can't reach it?' and I laughed but then I realized he was right. I'd been putting keypads in the same spots for like 5 years without thinking about traffic flow or accessibility. Now I'm second guessing every install I did last month. Has anyone else had a random comment from another trade that changed how you run wire or place hardware?

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the_thomas2d ago

Had a plumber tell me once that I was running my low voltage like the pipes in his own house, meaning straight lines with no thought to where people actually walk. Got me thinking how most trades just copy what we saw twenty years ago without asking if it makes sense for how people live now. That electrician probably saved you years of callbacks.

the_leo2d ago

@the_thomas, did you try angling them along baseboards instead?

umar491d ago

Your plumber friend was right about that straight line habit." I remember my dad telling me about a buddy who ran all his low voltage along the crown molding because it was easier to hide, but then nobody could ever fish anything through the walls later.