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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Fess Up: How Bad is Your Equipment Cabinet?

After seven years, our structured wiring, home automation and and A/V rack are a mess! What’s in your own closet? View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 02/29 at 06:28 AM
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Neat-O: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Jim Capps of Sanders Security says this is the worst installation he has ever seen. Can you see what's wrong with the photo?View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 11/25 at 07:34 AM
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Friday, November 06, 2009

Neat-O: An Old-Fashioned Wiring Cleanup

Nothing worked correctly in this homeowner's system, which included 11 zones of audio, a home theater and more.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 11/06 at 10:12 AM
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Friday, October 02, 2009

Neat-O: Cable Guy Makes a Mess

The cable guy is out to get this CE pro and he has photos to prove it. Check out what happens to this wiring job after the cable guy shows up.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 10/02 at 09:23 AM
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Monday, September 28, 2009

Neat-O: Dealing With the ‘Richest Man in California’

You've all had clients that are, well, difficult to work with. Here's how one CE pro handled the "richest man in California."View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 09/28 at 06:59 AM
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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Neat-O: 3 Awesome Wiring Jobs

Cleaning up a rat's nest, a panel screwed up by the cable guy and a Crestron lighting system struck by lightning.View this story

Posted by CE Pro Editors on 08/13 at 06:53 AM
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Neat-O: Clean Wiring, Documentation in 2 Utility Rooms

Dealer sets up two utility rooms for line voltage and low voltage with complete documentation posted on walls. View this story

Posted by Jason Knott on 07/17 at 07:52 AM
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Neat-O: Wiring Vomiting Out of Cabinets

This labor-intensive rewiring of whole-house systems was "a big risk" for this small integrator. But the job has paid off threefold.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 06/30 at 05:01 AM
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Thursday, June 04, 2009

Neat-O: Hiding the Projector in a Second-Floor TV Room

One homeowner decided, mid-install, he didn't care for the way the projector stuck out from the archway. So Theater Advice's woodworker built him a frame.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 06/04 at 05:00 AM
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Neat-O: CEDIA’s Best Dressed System

Electronics Design Group won CEDIA's technical design award for this system.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 05/07 at 05:00 AM
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Neat-O: A Plastic Surgery Makeover

Logic Integration was contracted to integrate 12 zones of audio, 10 LCD TVs, a Niles ICS and eight security cameras into The Colorado Plastic Surgery Center in Littleton, Colo.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 04/08 at 05:00 AM
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Friday, February 27, 2009

7 Fine-Looking Installations

Installers love to admire detailed work. It's an occupational characteristic. So we've rounded up 7 of these fine-looking installations, with information from the integrator about the job. View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 02/27 at 06:30 AM
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Neat-O: Major Overhaul After a Flood

It wasn't the worst installation TriPhase Technologies field supervisor and engineer Brian Swanson had seen. But the Terra Haute, Ind. clean-up here "was one of the worst," he says.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 02/09 at 06:14 AM
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Neat-O: Entering a Disaster Zone

A former New Yorker brings his Yankee work ethic to a disaster install in South Florida.View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 01/21 at 06:00 AM
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Friday, November 28, 2008

Neat-O: Custom Coverup Hides TVs in Art

Doing business as TVCoverUps.com, Peter Maxson sells his "articulating arm hardware" and "black theater-viewing enclosure" directly to homeowners and custom installers. View this story

Posted by Geoffrey Oldmixon on 11/28 at 05:01 AM
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