A customer in Phoenix showed me why you never skip the signal meter

I was finishing a job at a house in Phoenix last week, and the guy asked me to check his old cable box. I hooked up my Fluke meter and saw the signal was way off, like -12 dBmV. He said, 'That thing's been acting up for years, but the last guy just swapped the box and left.' I had to run a whole new line from the pole to fix it right. Anyone else run into a problem that was way bigger because someone cut corners before?

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charles4421d ago

Yeah, I've been that guy who cut corners before. Tried to fix a leaky outdoor faucet with just some extra tape once. Ended up flooding the customer's basement and costing me way more in the end.

the_derek1d ago

Man, that's the kind of mistake you only make once. I learned the same lesson replacing a toilet valve and not checking the supply line. Small leak turned into a warped floor.