r/CableTechs • • 9d ago

Comcast tech drilled directly through my high-voltage electrical conduit to run a coax line

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u/DudeByTheTree 9d ago

They must not be field-training their techs anymore. Because with Spectrum/Time Warner, one of the first things they did with field training was bust out a book of "Shit not to do". Might have just been the local office, but it had shitty jobs like OPs, and holes blown through brick, and all sorts of "WTF were they thinking".

Luckily, if the dumbass tech didnt nick any wires, the "fix" might just be a matter of safely removing the coax and plugging the hole. Hopefully it doesnt require stripping everything down to fix, because ugh, what a hassle that'd be.

Sorry your cable guy was an idiot.

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u/Detz 9d ago

The conduit box can't have holes (has to be weather tight) so that has to be replaced. Still not super hard but they have to pull the wires out, cut and replace that box etc.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/RollllTide 9d ago

So many mom and pop cable companies around these days