[rant] Missing sock syndrome

The large centre container looks just like the floor of my van

Practice safe eating....use condiments.

When I was still installing I used to make up a "job box" for each installation. Included were all of the components except cable. I'd place all the contacts plus several spares in resealable plastic bags. Before the guys would start a new job they would stop at the office and pick up the job box, a printed copy of the "Schedule of Protection" from the contract and any notes I'd made about the project.

When the job was finished they'd return the job box with any unused components and pick up the next one. The boxes were just large, cardboard boxes we'd occasionally get from distributors.

Each technician also carried a kit with a few extra of each type of contacts we used, a couple of extra motion detectors and one of each model Napco keypad plus an extra zone expander, a couple of sirens and batteries. When they used anything on a job or service call they'd replace it from stock the next day.

That's what worked for me. YMMV

I can vouch for that. Doug has lost ideas on the floor of that van. js

Yah we do this too. Except when we're swamped...then it's grab everything you might need+ and run.

Right... and how many years did you say you were actually *installing* and *servicing* alarms again??