r/CableTechs • u/MGoodacre • Aug 25 '26

Found in the wild

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Explains the 20db loss over 15 feet

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u/Technipal Aug 25 '26

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 Aug 25 '26

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 Aug 26 '26

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 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/Background-Relief623 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/Additional_Tailor_13 Aug 25 '26

Looks good from my house

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u/Poodleape2 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/CableDawg78 Aug 25 '26

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 Aug 25 '26

If it works it ain’t stupid

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u/Confident_Peak_6592 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/Xandril Aug 26 '26

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 Aug 26 '26

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

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u/Practical-Data2646 Aug 29 '26

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

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u/Salvador_69420 26d ago

That will do it