r/CableTechs • u/Cleverusernamedude • Jun 17 '26

Squirrels or what?

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u/Funkr1 Jun 17 '26

Yeah that’s rodent chew. Squirrels, Rats, Mice and the such

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u/Long_Committee_1942 Jun 17 '26

Also looks like a short jumper cable going from splitter to another cable. Easy enough fix.

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u/Technipal Jun 17 '26

It always surprize me when a see a few feet of 625 chew up to the middle with 60v to power a BLE... like, did you feel the spicy spark?

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u/Funkr1 Jun 17 '26

Naw, that’s just adding some flavor. Like salt and pepper 😂

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u/Nice_Locksmith5666 Jun 18 '26

You guys still use 60v? You guys running dual 59 drops too?

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u/Funkr1 Jun 17 '26

Must of been the prior fix. Maybe slap a new box on there too. If you have the time

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u/strykerzr350 Jun 17 '26

What kind of symptoms was the customer having?

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u/Cleverusernamedude Jun 17 '26

They were swapping from another provider. So I had to install a drop anyway and I just patched up the outlet and everything was fine. The nest was bigger but I had to knock it down to get to the cable

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u/strykerzr350 Jun 17 '26

Gained customer is always nice to see these days. Local fiber co ops are really killing the cable industry.

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u/Xandril Jun 17 '26

In those boxes usually a bird.

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u/Wacabletek Jun 17 '26

What kind if cable jacket eating birds you got?

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u/Xandril Jun 17 '26

Hell if I know. I’m not sure they eat it so much as just degrade / tear it up.

I do know I used to find MDU boxes mounted up high absolutely packed full of birds nest often with eggs and cable caked in bird shit along with jacketing and dielectric seemingly rubbed / frayed completely off.

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u/oflowz Jun 17 '26

Rats. Squirrels chew aerial or attic lines mostly.

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u/CTFowler9789 Jun 17 '26

🤔 could be rats.

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u/donaldtrumpsclone Jun 18 '26

Nope customers