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Rant: I keep seeing folks staple coax too tight on vinyl siding
Was out on a service call in Raleigh last Tuesday and the homeowner's TV signal kept cutting out - found the cable crimped flat where someone stapled it across a lap joint. Over three years I've fixed maybe 15 calls from one neighborhood alone that traced back to over-tightened staples on the outside runs. Anyone else run into this and have a better trick for securing the line without crushing it?
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james_bell1mo ago
Wait... did you say fifteen calls from one neighborhood? That's crazy, that builder must have hired the same crew for the whole development. I usually just use those little rubber cushion clips or leave a tiny bit of slack so the staple isn't pinching down on the cable at all.
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keith_bennett1mo ago
lol the same mentality that makes people crank conduit straps til they whistle.
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