Serious question, has anyone else had a customer's old coax splitter cause a weird voltage backfeed?

I was swapping out a drop in a 90s split-level last Tuesday and got a small shock from the center conductor because the homeowner had a powered antenna amp hooked to an unused port, which taught me to always meter the line before touching it, even if the main feed is disconnected.

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robert_lopez6413d ago

Serious question? How often does that actually happen?

umar5913d agoMost Upvoted

I saw it happen three times last month at my local grocery store alone. Robert_lopez64 is right to ask because people act like it's a one in a million thing. The self-checkout just freezes up and a light starts blinking until an employee comes over. They usually just type in a code and wave you through. It's clearly a known system flaw they just work around. Makes you wonder why they even have those scales if they fail so often.

alice26910d ago

What's the point of having scales that act like moody teenagers? Mine freaks out if a leaf of lettuce shifts an inch. The employee just sighs and taps their secret override code like they're launching a missile. Feels like the whole system is held together with duct tape and a prayer.