 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Is This Even Believable? Every appliance exploded?
A crack opened in the ceiling?
Did the skies darken and moon turn to blood too?
Come on... this sounds at least like an embellishment to me.
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 RockCakePremium
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Woodbridge, VA | I was thinking the same thing... |
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 gogeta6
join:2002-06-20
San Diego, CA | reply to pnh102
Does sound a bit so.
I wonder if the house was built with coax in place? If not and this is true, wouldn't it have already happened? And what do the two new amps have to do with the situation, or are those just the reason for the tech being out? |
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 StumpManPremium
join:2001-07-26
Clinton, NC | reply to pnh102
I'll take a guess that you've never seen the damage a lightening strike can do.
I've seen a bad ground fry systems in a house before.
It's possible. |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by StumpMan:I'll take a guess that you've never seen the damage a lightening strike can do. This was not a lightening strike. The amount of power going to the average house doesn't even come close to the amount of power brought by a lightening strike.
said by StumpMan:I've seen a bad ground fry systems in a house before. Frying systems is one thing, having every appliance explode is another.
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"Turns out, my neighbors electrical system had no ground wire. The house was using the coax cable as a conduit into the comcast system at the tap. The current then followed the shortest path into his next door neighbors ground wire."
No way an RG6 coax line could possibly carry the load to ground an entire house. For one coax isn't even tied into the electrical. Second a typical ground wire is around #8 gauge wire, RG6 would have smoked the instant the electrician flipped the breaker. Unless you live in the Ozarks no inspecter would ever let a house pass without an earth ground, and your local power company would have shut you off a long time ago. |
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 ToadmanHypnotoad
join:2001-11-28
Ohio
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1 edit | said by Westofhere: For one coax isn't even tied into the electrical. Most cable companies install a coax grounding block to the ground on your homes electrical system. You are correct on that specific electrical ground should go to an earth ground as well per NEC code. |
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 JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
1 edit | Cable companies are supposed to install a ground block, and they're supposed to attach the ground wire. But as many inspection reports from around the country show, grounding doesn't always happen the way it's supposed to. |
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I used to install and I would see grounding blocks attached to the sliding and not grounded to anything else. I used to run out of grounding staps from time to time because of this... |
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the coax could actually act as a ground wire. keep in mind that the ground wire is not constantly in use, unless it's tied with neutral in an old home, or if there is already a faulty appliance in the house to begin with. while the coax is not tied directly to the house's electrical system, if there is a cable box, or a tv, or a stereo or anything that has a grounded power connector, and it was connected to the cable box or tv, there's your ground path. |
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said by pnh102:Every appliance exploded? A crack opened in the ceiling? Did the skies darken and moon turn to blood too? Come on... this sounds at least like an embellishment to me. The original Comcast thread has no link to truth of this story. This is just another "news item" based on hearsay. Certainly an amusing story, but hardly a news item.
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 fireflierCoffee. . .Need CoffeePremium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo | reply to pnh102
Same here. I can't see every appliance experiencing a failure because of a sudden lack of ground. Also, had all the appliances actually been using that cable as a return path for current, I seriously doubt the cable shield would have held up.
Either there's more to the actual reason for the explosions or the story isn't entirely accurate.
Local news report on this? Any verifiable coverage or source to back this up?
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by fireflier:Same here. I can't see every appliance experiencing a failure because of a sudden lack of ground. Also, had all the appliances actually been using that cable as a return path for current, I seriously doubt the cable shield would have held up. Either there's more to the actual reason for the explosions or the story isn't entirely accurate. Local news report on this? Any verifiable coverage or source to back this up? Right on, also its hard to belive the house's only neutral connection to ground was through the coax, usually the neutral goes out on the pole to the pole's neutral wire, which gets grounded every so often, even in 1 wire earth return systems, the power companies have neutrals on the pole. Also how on earth (no pun intended) did the - pole of the 120v system get onto the coax ground, that would mean a ground fault in some tv/cable gear. Plus the return amperage of a house would fry/melt the coax's jacket. |
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Of course lighting...duh.... this is not lightning. Much less volts involved. I think the story is true but embellished, but what good story isn't. |
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
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said by pnh102:Every appliance exploded? A crack opened in the ceiling? Did the skies darken and moon turn to blood too? Come on... this sounds at least like an embellishment to me. The dead rising from the grave, a 1000 years of darkness..
DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER.....MASS HYSTERIA
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Mount Airy, MD | said by N3OGH:said by pnh102:Every appliance exploded? A crack opened in the ceiling? Did the skies darken and moon turn to blood too? Come on... this sounds at least like an embellishment to me. The dead rising from the grave, a 1000 years of darkness.. DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER..... MASS HYSTERIA Well I can see how one's house exploding might turn said person white LOL.
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I aree, this is just a load of poop. Next we will hear from these dorks, that their cable installer was Elvis!! The only time I ever felt any shock from cable was making a fitting on house side of the drop that had setup with Telephony. It comes out 89.5 volts. (thank God for VOIP)Nothing to cause a hole in a case. When the cable coming is not grounded it does goto the shortest route, IE the nearest outlet. Creative writing 101!!And The Saints Of Broadband say...
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