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[HSI] pole to house cable - underground splices okay?The pole-to-home underground cable was cut by local utility workers while reinstalling a storm sewer near our home.
Is it really appropriate to install a splice underground, or should they have re-buried a new cable from the pole to the house?
I ask be cause all we get now is a power cycling modem and maybe 5 minutes of time to check email every thirty minutes if we're luck enough to be at the computer when it's actually connecting.
Several days without a decent connection... |
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DocDrewHow can I help? Premium Member join:2009-01-28 SoCal |
DocDrew
Premium Member
2014-Jul-30 5:40 pm
it's usually not ok, but may be done during an emergency. who did the spicing? |
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to greenman
You can request a new drop be run. They'll bury it a little bit after it's installed. |
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JimE Premium Member join:2003-06-11 Belleville, IL |
to greenman
Regardless of whether or not it's acceptable. Yours was obviously not spliced properly. If it was, you would not be having connectivity issues. The problem with buried splices is that if they aren't properly sealed, they will corrode and cause connectivity problems. A fresh splice, should be working. |
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Banger join:2014-07-22 Sturgeon Bay, WI |
to DocDrew
My guess emeril lagasse. Bam!
My guess is if your having such issues connecting to even email. It needs to be redone. |
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Everyone, thank you for your replies. 1. The cable tech put in the splice. It's rated for aerial and burial placement. 2. I wonder if the guys who reburied the sewer lines pushed hard enough on the splice to actually break the connection. The modem is now doesn't even cycle - acting like it doesn't even have the cable connected - staying with the power on continuous and the first light blinking blue - and never actually cycling because it gets no signal, so the cable folks are going to think I've turned off my modem.
Dagnabbit, this is frustrating. I guess I have to call the cable folks again. |
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nunyaLXI 483 MVM join:2000-12-23 O Fallon, MO |
to greenman
Splicing the drop is OK, provided the correct splicing kit is used. Each splice comes with signal loss. If a cable is cut in more than one place, it should probably be pieced out or replaced. |
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DLow join:2013-11-16 Waxahachie, TX |
to greenman
It being underground the tech should have ran anew drop doesn't get any simpler than that |
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said by DLow:It being underground the tech should have ran anew drop doesn't get any simpler than that said by nunya:If a cable is cut in more than one place, it should probably be pieced out or replaced. nunya, DLow, thanks for your replies. They dropped a new cable from the pole to the house. The signal is great. Now the line just needs to be buried. |
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