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aaron_foster20
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5h ago
Just realized the compass in my phone saved me 20 feet of cable on a tricky wall fish
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wyattmitchell
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7h ago
Pro tip: stop torquing the F connector till it squeaks, you're crushing the dielectric
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tessa_hill86
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3d ago
Found out coax cable has a minimum bend radius of about 10x the cable diameter, and I've been kinking drops for 4 years
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davis.dakota
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4d ago
Spliced a 12 strand fiber line in the rain last Tuesday and lost 3 hours to one dirty connector
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leep33
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4d ago
Installed 200+ Wall Plates Tight Before A Greeley Tech Showed Me The $2 Trick
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abbyd36
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6d ago
Vent: I used to swear by pass-through crimpers, then a 110 degree day in Phoenix changed my mind
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miab16
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6d ago
Pushed back on the 'always drill through the stud' rule at a 1970s house in Tulsa
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ryan952
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9d ago
Watching a new guy pre drill every hole on a 40 ft pole run made me rethink my whole setup
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wesleybutler
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9d ago
Update: Thought zip ties were fine for every drop until a service call in Mesa last Tuesday
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annaw41
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10d ago
DAE spend 4 hours chasing a bad signal on a 12 unit job in Tulsa only to find one rusty connector
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jake_taylor
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17d ago
Hit 1,000 installs and the number that actually shocked me was 11
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ninah10
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19d ago
I thought the "always test the line before you drill" advice was just old guy paranoia, now I'm not so sure
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miawalker
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19d ago
Warning: the old timer who told me to leave 8 inches of slack behind every wall plate saved my butt twice
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jennifer358
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22d ago
Hot take: I stopped stapling coax to the stud and started using screw clips, and I can't tell if it's faster or just cleaner
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matthew_reed50
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24d ago
Pro tip: spent 2 hours chasing a bad signal that turned out to be one staple
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