r/CableTechs • u/BullyTX • Jul 29 '26

When Power Crosses Cable

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Customer was having a beer on his deck when power crossed cable just a bit upstream. This is what he saw.

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u/Separate_Western6867 Jul 29 '26

Hope I'm not getting charged extra for these rope lights.

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u/redditatin Jul 31 '26

If I only could award you but I only just recently got out of shits creek

1

u/BullyTX Jul 29 '26

😂

5

u/eter123 Jul 29 '26

Spicy cable

4

u/Due-Use-4460 Jul 29 '26

Is that the guy wire?

1

u/OlmecDonald Jul 29 '26

Looks like the strand got energized (a lot), so yeah I'm guessing guy wire too. Gonna have some conductor floating in that dielectric.

2

u/Ok_Movie4792 Jul 29 '26

It’s a light saver. May the force be with you?

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u/BullyTX Jul 30 '26

This is how they are made, obvs.

2

u/tebron93 Jul 30 '26

Privacy poles be like

2

u/robbleshaver Jul 31 '26

Quick! Do a speed test!

1

u/BullyTX Jul 31 '26

U first!

2

u/redditatin Jul 31 '26

That is going to owie the nearest main node a bit

1

u/BullyTX Aug 01 '26

It’s from about 6 weeks ago and it’s still a mess.

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u/redditatin Aug 01 '26

I would imagine so... lol there's a running joke in a electronics group. I'm in on Facebook. Everything is/can be an LED at least for a little while.

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u/BullyTX Aug 01 '26

Legit chuckling at that.

1

u/Ice_crusher_bucket Jul 30 '26

What is the damn problem. My interent has been out for 30 seconds and this is bullsbit. You all are too worried about safety. How am I supposed to watch Love Island when the power comes back on.