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Saw a guy take a coax staple gun to a live drop in Fresno, spent 4 hrs redoing it
I was on a two man job in Fresno last month, older house off Shaw Ave, and the other guy on my crew got impatient and stapled a live RG6 drop right through the jacket with the staple gun instead of using the tension clips. He said it was fine, I said pull it. Two days later the customer called in for internet dropping every time the AC kicked on, and sure enough the staple had nicked the center conductor and the shield was shorting against the ductwork. I had to pull the entire run back through the attic in 100 degree heat and re terminate both ends, which ate up about 4 hrs I wasn't getting paid extra for. The thing that got me was the customer's kid was doing remote school that whole week and kept getting booted off. Now I carry a cheap $12 tone and probe in my pouch and buzz every run before I staple anything, even the short ones. Has anyone else had a staple short that only showed up when a appliance kicked on? I want to know if I'm being paranoid or if this is more common than people admit.
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hannahcraig24d ago
How did you trace it back to the ductwork, was the short reading on the meter or were you just guessing by feel? I'm asking because I've chased that same ghost twice and both times the drop tested clean until something else in the house turned on. That shotgun trouble is the worst kind to find, so I get why you buzz every run now.
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