ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
I bought one of those cameras a few years ago that has the lens on a 3' extension. First one went TU within a month or two. It was replaced by mfg & hasn't been used for a year or more.
Went fishing for the local cable provider in 2 story apt house. One of the old RG59 cables had failed and needed to be replaced. Owner informed them no additional cables or conduits exposed on the exterior of the building. That left the cable installers at a loss. To make it short we dropped fishsticks along the edge of the dryer vent that went from attic to basement laundry room. It didn't quite make it down to where we had hoped so I cut a 4" hole in a soffit made for the water lines. Stuck camera in past the water lines, through bat insulation to far corner of duct, had attic man raise rod and turn it until I could see hole in end of rod. A 2' piece of 12 solid went in and after a verbal encouragement or two hooked it right thru the eye. Felt like a surgeon doing microscopic surgery. We could not see the rod and could not have gotten our hand through the maze of pipes. The camera finally was worth the cost. We also used a TDR to find the original cable fault. A nail through it.
Three guys, 5 hrs each plus a couple hours patching & cleanup. Hope they think the cost was worth it.
Went fishing for the local cable provider in 2 story apt house. One of the old RG59 cables had failed and needed to be replaced. Owner informed them no additional cables or conduits exposed on the exterior of the building. That left the cable installers at a loss. To make it short we dropped fishsticks along the edge of the dryer vent that went from attic to basement laundry room. It didn't quite make it down to where we had hoped so I cut a 4" hole in a soffit made for the water lines. Stuck camera in past the water lines, through bat insulation to far corner of duct, had attic man raise rod and turn it until I could see hole in end of rod. A 2' piece of 12 solid went in and after a verbal encouragement or two hooked it right thru the eye. Felt like a surgeon doing microscopic surgery. We could not see the rod and could not have gotten our hand through the maze of pipes. The camera finally was worth the cost. We also used a TDR to find the original cable fault. A nail through it.
Three guys, 5 hrs each plus a couple hours patching & cleanup. Hope they think the cost was worth it.