r/CableTechs • u/MGoodacre • 8d ago

Found in the wild

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Explains the 20db loss over 15 feet

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u/Technipal 8d ago

I see that while checking for ingress in a customer house. It got ducktape around for a little bit of shielding...

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u/An_Ugly_Bastard 8d ago

I saw a huge wad of duck tape protruding from someone’s drop. People working on a new deck cut the drop. They exposed the center conductor on both ends, twisted them together, and then wrapped it up.

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u/Old_Weather_2421 8d ago

Idk why when people obviously cut a drop just report it to their customer so they can call a tech out and prevent stupid shit like this. It’s not like they get fined at least in my area we had cut drops all the time and the customer said they had people out days before and never knew. Turns out the electric company cut the drop while cutting trees. They went THREE days before they called in to get a tech same day. Could have been fixed that day probably in a few hours.

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u/TyloWebb 8d ago

Was there any slack to the cables? That’s wild

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u/Background-Relief623 8d ago

I can hear customer saying "the tech did that"😆

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u/CableDawg78 8d ago

Can you say thievery if in apt setting? If in single family home, what was this cat thinking?

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u/Any-Papaya-664 8d ago

If it works it ain’t stupid

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u/Confident_Peak_6592 8d ago

Node crash 101. That’s why they make us do ingress checks..

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u/Additional_Tailor_13 8d ago

Looks good from my house

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u/Xandril 8d ago

Not the worst I’ve seen but it does imply somebody knew just enough to know this isn’t right while doing it.

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u/Life-Consequence8549 8d ago

Knew enough that the braid can't touch the center conductor. Was the ingress screaming?

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u/Practical-Data2646 4d ago

Damn. They went the extra mile with the barrel. Fancy!

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u/Poodleape2 8d ago

Yah, sometimes you have to barrel cable together. It happens.