Life of a cable technician Ep# 12
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2024
- Thank you guys for tuning into another episode In this episode I will be showing you guys a proper way to attach a drop hanger or drop clamp and also inform you guys about those Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s splitters
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it certainly can damage the cable wrapping the messenger wire around the cable after securing it to the drop hanger. hot and cold temps expand and shrink the cable. you can mess up the impedance on the cable that way. also nothing wrong with the way you do it....its definitely overkill you really only need to complete 3 or 4 wraps around the drop hanger to keep it secure.
I like the method. I've seen contractors do sooooo much worse. Good job broski.
HFC network, surprisingly it still works well in 2024
Hey bub gots a question, im melting my incoming cable line every few years because my old house is not Grounded and im using cable for a Ground source, will those cable neutral isolators fix things up.
2-4-4 method
How come you don't show your meter ? I'd like to see the MER's etc
Keep up you ar the best 💪🗝️🕐🌍
Bro where are you located, I used to work for Triwire but they were put out of the market by TAK
11:44, that's a power passing diplexor Dish Network.
Im currently a trainee....I go solo next Wednesday......a lil bit nervous not gone lie 😬
Since your no longer a trainee i got a question for ya, my house is not grounded and im melting that wire from the pole going into that metal Silver tube, will those cable Neutral current isolators work and stop the house appliances from grounding through the cable line.
First day trainee
What happened bro
RadioShack splitters. Lol
Tx sounds a little high
Bro could you please make a detailed video on how to read channel scans for suckout, snr, and everything else
SNR signal failure is tricky man that's one of the worst things I hate to troubleshoot the problem could be anything, Salute on getting that job done.
Yeah bro snr troubleshooting is a pain never easy 😂
It's always good to stay strapped at the tap.
Great vids! I’m about to start my first cabling job next week and I’m 18yrs young. This gives a pretty good insight into what I’ll be doing.
Stick with it. It’ll probably be a challenge in the beginning, but in a couple years you’ll be close to having it mastered.
Don't do it. For real.
New vid. Right on my Lunch break hell yea 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I hope you enjoy the content bro 💪🏾
I can tell you. Don't forget to do your drip loop on Ariel drops. Those help to keep water from running down your lines. Trust me. I see a lot of techs do these drops wrong. As far as low SNR value, most of the times it's usually coming from customers line. Let me tell you. I've seen RG-59's myself. Especially a bad fitting that allow signal to leak out. Another thing I would avoid as much as possible is lots of connections through barrel connectors. Those are also your common mistakes that customer and other technicians make with these damn barrels. Loose fitting at the barrels causes low downstream SNR values or noise return in the lines. I mean this well. It's okay to use a barrel; but don't go crazy with it. Also, count the wall plate barrels that you use also. I would use no more than two, counting the wall plate, to optimize preventive cause of loss of service. Here's a tip from me as a former technicians. You ever get a bad SNR value, put your meter into DOCSIS mode and find where you can view SNR values on each channels. Those are downstream SNR (You would have to fix that problem, anyway). If you see that it's good at the ground block, then you know your drop is good. I would start off at the ground block first. If my levels and modulation signals are shit at the ground block, then replace the drop. Confirm it at the CPE, also.
Bro, good advice! I just got hired and finished with training this week! Going into production with a certified mentor next week! Kind of nervous here. I am coming from a tech support IT background, so I do not have much physical labor experience.
@Doug Cannon so a year later how's it going? Just had my first day today at Comcast
I’m glad most of our taps are on the ground.
How I used to do in air drops I would do how you tied the hanger but would do a drip loop and secured the drip with the messenger cable then I used zip ties to hold the loop together good vid but always check for voltage on line I had a scare once
Hello, guy! Can you make a new video? Good luck!
I hate when people put those splitters,, in Mexico we charge the tech visit if they mess whit the installation. Great video man
Radio shack splitters. Lol. That splitter is also uncapped off. That customer got signal leaking out also.
We call those hangers chicken catchers lol
Good morning I am going to be working in tech support in the office soon, so I will be receiving calls from the techs, my training start in August. I love how informative you are.
Love your intro song big dawg 🤘🏽🤘🏽
I hope you are checking multiple frequencies when you check signal, because you may be confusing new hires who view your vids by saying 11u loses 4db per 100ft and 6u loses 6db per 100ft. That is for a specific frequency and not across the board. It sounds like you are always checking around 870mhz. Be sure to check the low end, and high ends too, not just the middle because the loss will be different.
at 7:23, as long as noise was good, those levels were cherry! aim for 0.0 on DS
What's up big dog, I'm new to being a cable tech and your helping me out a lot. My trainer hasn't taught me how to connect a drop to a house yet. Could you do a video showing how to know where to connect a drop to a house please? And where to ground it at if there is no ground?
I know how to connect a drop to the tap on the pole, but he does the other half and I just don't know where to connect it all the time
Triwire, yeah yeah
Those RadioShack splitters will do it every time
Quality video as always, keep it up with the great content!!
Thanks I appreciate it glad you enjoyed the content
Another great video! Just a heads up, I work with Dish Network and I know for a fact now. No company or tech likes seeing those shitty Walmart/ Lowe’s splitters in our systems 😂😂
I appreciate that bro 💪🏾💪🏾yeah those splitters are trash man 😂
Absolutely not! Work for Sparklight, and those splitters are the worst!
Just switched from telco to cable. I won't miss telco hangers. Cable co doesn't use em here.
Yeah I know that every region is different But you are not the only one that told me that Telco hangers are a pain 😂
I been having issues with my internet and they been trying to find out what’s going on for weeks then they said they going to put in new Cable underground do you think it’s really going to work and they have a extender in the house do you think if that really the issue and they put the new cable in is going to be to much with the extender??
when they come out to change the underground cable it could possibly put more signal than what you need at the home
@@cabletech2371 hmm thanks for that information
next time your out can you show yourself changing the splitters n stuff like that ?
UK viewer. Great video very interesting👍
What’s training like? I was inform that I was going to be sent with a trainer to shadow them. So just asking to see what to expect.
Training is cool I don’t know if your company had you do the in class training but in the field training is where you will learn a lot more it’s a lot more hands-on but is exactly what you said you shadowing another tech just watching and observing what they’re doing Depending on the trainer that you get they might have you climb the pole, carrying the ladder, and using the meter
I used to be a cable technician. What training is for you? My advice?? Follow along amd pay attention. It may be pretty confusing at first but trust me, you'll get it when you're turned loose. Listen. The key to being a great problem solver for cable technology is to under frequency signals! Signalz are important from the tap, to ground block, on down to CPE, which is the modem or boxes. Know the difference between upstream and downstream. Get that shit down quickly, because it will help you and your customers. Remember to ask Hella questions. This is you out there... Get acquaintance to that ladder and make you you're up on that ladder on jobs, yourself. You need that skill to get you through also. If a trainer tells you that you really don't need your meter and bullshit like that, ask for another trainer. That meter he's got will do you some justice on fixing the problem. I will say this again; that meter he's got will separate the men from the boys of cable. You're expecting to move when he moves. Ask questions like, why do you change out splitters? Or why is it necessary to change this lady's drop? Why are their shit not working after three to four tech visits. Learn that shit because you will encounter that. What are db losses and why is it bad to have too little or too much db? What the hell is BER, MER amd SNR. What's ingress, or noise return? Get all that shit and make sure you kiss enough ass to get good surveys. Sell (if your company tells you to do so). Customers respects good workmanship. Work as if a nice woman will let you hit her up if you do a great job. That's how you win in this business. Learn...
Thank you so much to both of you❤️
@@cableapostle first day trainee thanks for the advice.
I had an snr problem one time and the next door neighbor had the other end of the cable plugged in his ass. Oh well problem solved on to the next one.
Nice videos. Can you please show us in your upcoming videos how to install Comcast box properly. Thank you.
I'd love to see how to UNdo those, if it's possible to remove and then reuse them. Laying aerial fiber around Suddenlink's 100 year old shit that they got from Cox and hasnt been maintained in years and was hung by idiots in the first place
Bro those hangers are trash. We had to use those for a few months while the black ones were on back order. We had a bad ice storm and every drop the was damaged was cut into by the hanger from the wind and the ice.
Yeah I agree they are trash 😂
How much is the average hourly rate?...new sub
What app you use ? Tech360?
Yeah I use Tech360
We use tech mobile for Spectrum Charter
at 11:15 you just want to roast the customer
I would like to see how you activate the boxes I really love your channel I subscribe like and share with my friends
I hope you got that TX out of the 20s lol.
Customer was Obviously messing with the lines trying to complete a SIK.
Thanks Walmart! Job security!
Been running into those third party splitters lately, they suck!
Just curious, how do you like working for Xfinity? Would you recommend being a cable tech for them?
Absolutely I’ve worked for different companies and Comcast is by far the better one of them all
I had a customer that had 24k gold plated rg6 ends that an electrician installed. *facepalm*
Wasted so much time on that 11 drop job lmfao
Omg 59... putting an rg6 fitting on them I'd rather jump off a roof
I always believe if you are going to the tap might as well replace the aerial drop.Great Vids tho