strmtrpr73
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Quick question, I was on a service call the other day, and the homeowner stated that the CATV installer said that the CATV lines from in the house had 50V on them at his splitter. SO I checked it out. Now I disconnected his CATV wire and took a reading, and I found 50V. I also noticed that his splitter wasn't wasn't?grounded, So I grounded it. Which fixed it at the main line coming to the splitter(which has a grounded coupling on it.) Before I did this I checked out the house. I disconnected all the TVs , and What do you think happened. NO voltage.
Now My question is, How can the CATV company tell the homeowner that the electrical system isn't properly grounded, and is causing his equipment to fail? The 50V is common coming from a TV, I have tested several since then, or Maybe all the other systems that I have tested are wrong too, and the homeowners are just lucky that their equipment hasn't failed. Any comments?
Now My question is, How can the CATV company tell the homeowner that the electrical system isn't properly grounded, and is causing his equipment to fail? The 50V is common coming from a TV, I have tested several since then, or Maybe all the other systems that I have tested are wrong too, and the homeowners are just lucky that their equipment hasn't failed. Any comments?