 LazManPremium
join:2003-03-26
canada | Not likely... OK - I call BS.
While a surge can do dramatic damage (I've seen the results of 5kV being shorted to a 110/240 distribution system, and the utility repair/replace everything electric in a dozen homes as a result) there is NO way the co-ax cable was carrying that much current. It would have burned through like a fuse LONG before the comcast tech opened the connection up to test...
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | You are correct, in order to do all the thing home owner claims there had to be big time amp's running around. I think Comcast figured it was cheaper to fix problem then get sued in court, the cost of the lawyers would have cost more then rewiring the house and replacing the appliances.
This is a illustration of why there are building inspectors. This idiot had faulty wiring, not to mention bad fusing, or breakers.
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| Yeah, I would to see an inspection report. Crack in ceiling (Hey Honey, let's see what else we can get fixed...didn't we have a garage door opener too? )  |
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You do know there are a lot of old houses that aren't grounded right? My friends house that was built in the 30's has no ground wires running to the outlets. It's not an easy fix because you have to rewire the whole house. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by Corehhi:You do know there are a lot of old houses that aren't grounded right? My friends house that was built in the 30's has no ground wires running to the outlets. It's not an easy fix because you have to rewire the whole house. The steel jacket (more common back then) wud be a ground, in my house built in the 1930s, the neutral goes to the city water pipe where that pipe enters the basement, the ground goes onto the pipe too but not on the same strap, and then there is a offshoot to a grounded rod going into a tiny non-concrete area of basement floor. TWC cable tv is grounded to water pipe for garden hose. |
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kruserPremium
join:2002-06-01
Chesterfield, MO | reply to LazMan
I witnessed a overhead cable drop burn in two once.
This was on an old Warner Amex system (now Charter).
We were sitting outdoors one evening when I saw a wisp of smoke, within less than a second the entire cable from pole to house was glowing dull red and then what seemed almost instant, the cable turned bright orange and burst into flames and then burnt in two.
It was then that we noticed no power in the home.
I inspected and found that the neutral coming from the electric utility had never been tightened at the circuit panels bus. That evening the neutral connection decided to burn and the next best path to ground was the cable wire which was tied via a ground block to the breaker panels ground terminal and who knows what at the pole end.
naturally the cable could no way handle the load so that is why it burnt apart so quickly.
This made for an interesting evening drinking beer  |
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Come now, the tech had no knowledge. The cable modem was uncapped at the time.
On a serious note: That tech was outstanding in the field |
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