...or "Why I Hate So-Called 'Radio Shop' Installs"
Had an Explorer from a neighboring County's Sheriff's Department come in today for repairs. Main complaint was related to problems with strobe HAW system. I won't begin to list all the install issues I found...instead, I'll let these two photos speak for themselves:
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The clear tube was damaged during the install. The mounting hole was not sized properly and de-burred, so they just forced the tube in and destroyed it. It was misfiring and had to be replaced.
The other tube is clear also, but I guess they wanted red. Yep, that is electrical tape wrapped around the bulb to make it red. Yep, WTF? Best thing is, it was mounted behind a red lens!
Install was done by a radio shop in Knoxville, TN. I pretty much hate radio shop installs. They might know radios, but they don't seem to know dick about warning system installations. Everything is half-azzed, sloppy, and just cobbled together. My hatred is based on my experiences with installs from at least 7 different radio shops in this area and one in Illinois. I'm sure there are an equal number of good shops, I just haven't found them yet.
Had an Explorer from a neighboring County's Sheriff's Department come in today for repairs. Main complaint was related to problems with strobe HAW system. I won't begin to list all the install issues I found...instead, I'll let these two photos speak for themselves:
[Broken External Image]:http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr351/C2Installs/IMG_0216.jpg
[Broken External Image]:http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr351/C2Installs/IMG_0217.jpg
The clear tube was damaged during the install. The mounting hole was not sized properly and de-burred, so they just forced the tube in and destroyed it. It was misfiring and had to be replaced.
The other tube is clear also, but I guess they wanted red. Yep, that is electrical tape wrapped around the bulb to make it red. Yep, WTF? Best thing is, it was mounted behind a red lens!
Install was done by a radio shop in Knoxville, TN. I pretty much hate radio shop installs. They might know radios, but they don't seem to know dick about warning system installations. Everything is half-azzed, sloppy, and just cobbled together. My hatred is based on my experiences with installs from at least 7 different radio shops in this area and one in Illinois. I'm sure there are an equal number of good shops, I just haven't found them yet.
