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faithcampbell
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3h ago
Watched a whole new-build in Mesa go from coax drops everywhere to one fiber box on the wall in about 6 years
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faithcampbell
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20h ago
Update: switched from pulling multi-room roughs in one pass to 3 runs per house, and I can't decide if I'm faster or just less sore
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taylorc40
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1d ago
Pro tip: a lead tech in Tulsa told me to stop crimping connectors standing up, and my fail rate dropped
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miles_roberts
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2d ago
Unpopular opinion: those cheap plastic fish tapes are fine for short runs
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kaih36
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3d ago
Shoutout to the old guy in Dayton who called out my slack loops
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janarivera
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5d ago
DAE have a drop ceiling tile eat your fish rod on a Tuesday job in Akron?
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ninas67
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7d ago
Pro tip: I swapped my crimper for a compression tool after burning through 47 fittings on one job
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alicehernandez
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8d ago
Ran the same drop with a fish tape and then a rodder, and the difference was wild
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wendysanchez
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9d ago
Rant: I was leaving 4 feet of slack coiled behind every wall plate for 2 years
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drew55
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11d ago
Pro tip: taping the coax ends before pulling through a 90 in an attic saved me a callback in Mesa
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hannahsingh
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12d ago
Swore by zip ties for 8 years until a job in Mesa changed my mind
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taylorc40
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12d ago
Just realized a scrap piece of coax makes a perfect pull string guide through a packed 2-gang box
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janarivera
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13d ago
Rant: spent $180 on a cable certification tester and it saved my butt on a 40-drop job in Mesa
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tara793
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15d ago
Warning: tried the pull string trick on a 3 story drop and learned something about tension
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the_jennifer
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17d ago
Twist-on F connectors kept failing on a Lake Charles job until I brought back the crimp tool
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