Let me tell you. I had a TC today for all out on cx services.. Roll up, get ladder to the tap to do scans... Find out someone spliced my jobs original line because they ran their aerial drop too short from a bump post/house. Never have I been happier to work in the rain. :)
That “Booster” is called a Unity Gain Amplifier. It does not boost the signal, it negates the signal loss caused by splitters. It should only be used in a home that has 6 or more CPE, that require DOCSIS. Likely, there was noise on the job causing the “strange issues” in the home, that unity gain will amplify the noise. Good Video over all. The BRIS would tell you that that MOCa filter goes at Point Of Entry, (POE) and depending how far it is from the GB, you could fail your MOCa PHY rate.
@@cabletech2371 anytime if you like, when I see something I can help you with, I’ll drop a comment. I’m assuming you’re a business partner, if so then you have better habits and understanding then most I’ve come across. I don’t want to step on your toes, but it could be a good a learning opportunity.
At 3:25 I also noticed the distribution amp had outputs that were not terminated. Same thing at 8:50 where you mention only 4 runs are used. The the cables to the house also expose the system to ingress if the rooms are unused without terminator caps over the outlet connectors. This would have opened the cable circuit, exposing it to interference. Those types of amps are usually 0db gain, so was it possible that it was absorbing ingress from the unterminated connectors? Thanks for the videos.
In my system amps are back ordered so far so every chance I get if customers has 1 active outlet and an amp I’m snatching it cause I do lots of 10+ box installs.
Can you come out here to fix ours too. It doing the same thing. Goes in and out for the last month. They say line looks good serivce looks good and changed the box 3 times and still does the same thing. Finally one of the techs saw it doing the same thing but Can not explain what is going on. They said it is somewhere on the poles. But yet tehy can't figure it out or fix it.
Lmao! That's a cakewalk out there Haha Haha no ladder access out here bro, see how much you love the pole, climbing through rosebushes cut by thorns and killing spiders lol you not even dirty bro lmao
The amp doesn’t boost signal, it creates a 0 loss split. Only use them when you have like 5 or 6 cpe’s and youre at like 43tx at GB. Also ive noticed you start at the tap and work ur way in home. Why not start in home, work your way to tap? In my experience, its always a bad wall plate, fitting behind plate, golden splitter, cut line under home, etc. the LAST thing i do is pull the ladder out. Even old aerial drops, i change fittings and test for ingress, if it passes then ur good to go. If tap is 43tx, then throw a splitter on there to fail and refer to maintenance. Amps act like a bandaid but will create more noise
First let me say these are the best videos by far dealing with cable. But why do you call it a booster its essentially just a no loss splitter. Also may I ask why you only reference rx and such but not upstream and downstream?
Another question, if you had left the booster in place and noticed all the open ports would you terminate them before leaving? (Obviously in this situation the amp wasnt required so it was removed)
Internet does not do well through house amps. I never use them unless the cx has more than 5 splits needed and even then i put the Internet in line before the amp.
That would be fine if the house was wrapped or had a design like this.If they had a single home run you’d have to run a new one.If it came to meet in a panel you’d have to take it there.
Dude i literally just applied with no experience. I think especially now its pretty easy to just put your foot in the door for jobs that previously required at least 1 year experience, dont waste that.
great video bro! i just got a job as a field tech with spectrum and i start later this week, your videos are great for me to get some knowledge! What work boots would you recommend?
@@dodgers0824 hell nah i mean there is a business tech at windstream but not many we do residential and its just wayyy less bullshit than wit cable , less crawling under houses ive been working for windstream for about 6 months now and havent had to crawl under a house once and dam near every house you go to has wiring running through the house so thats less wire you have to run and cat 5 and telephone cable is just so much more easy to run and have to deal wit ....and im sure by now you prolly have that lil small ass meter that sounds like a jet engine when you turn it on lol and you gotta run a test at the tap , side of house , and cpe every single job or you cant finish the job ......its just way less bullshit trust me if you can get on wit windstream do it ..... it takes a lil longer to learn than cable but once you get the hang of it , its not that bad
Drop Shipping Cali You will get Internet service but if the modem is not active on your account or whatever modem you have is not active it will not work most of these cable companies now can control activation and deactivation over the phone
It didn’t look like there was room for the moca filter at the tap. The cable may have been too bent when the pedestal lid was back on. It would been better with the moca filter at the ground block. To the commenter who said zero gain amps are bandaids. I disagree, they are a necessary tool for when signal cannot be in spec without it. For example, if the Docsis channels are around 0 at the ground block with return of around 39 and if customer has multiple cable boxes then a zero gain would be necessary. They might have proper signal at the tap but have a long drop such that signal is too low at the ground block to just use a splitter. Many taps are only around +10 on Docsis channels and within plant design and not too low such that maintenance would need to adjust an amp.
I’m a maintenance tech and I have to say, thank you for that comment. Due to plant design we can’t always make adjustments.. some techs want us to run out “hot” but that could cause modulation issues etc... where I work we will sometimes upgrade 6u to 11u or 11u to flex 500 where possible.. sometimes it’s just what it is.
Filter should always be at the tap, first tech had it correct. A jumper to filter is the way to go but that tech used a ground filter. You Should have cut the extra wire and loops on the second house and put the ground block in a box. The last house you did not terminate the ports that did not have a line connected. You are correct on too much signal possibly being the issue. An easy tip for you that I learned is that when a tap is a value of say 14, the TX is usually 20+ that, which is why you had 34 upstream at the first house.
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Let me tell you. I had a TC today for all out on cx services.. Roll up, get ladder to the tap to do scans... Find out someone spliced my jobs original line because they ran their aerial drop too short from a bump post/house. Never have I been happier to work in the rain. :)
That “Booster” is called a Unity Gain Amplifier. It does not boost the signal, it negates the signal loss caused by splitters. It should only be used in a home that has 6 or more CPE, that require DOCSIS. Likely, there was noise on the job causing the “strange issues” in the home, that unity gain will amplify the noise.
Good Video over all. The BRIS would tell you that that MOCa filter goes at Point Of Entry, (POE) and depending how far it is from the GB, you could fail your MOCa PHY rate.
I appreciate that ✊🏾💯💯
@@cabletech2371 anytime if you like, when I see something I can help you with, I’ll drop a comment. I’m assuming you’re a business partner, if so then you have better habits and understanding then most I’ve come across.
I don’t want to step on your toes, but it could be a good a learning opportunity.
That’s what’s up bro definitely will appreciate that man thanks
Hi 8 on the rx and 34 tx thats good sognal in a tap of 11 here in Belgium .
Being around you makes everything better.
congratulations on the videos, I'm a technician here in Brazil, I'm enjoying seeing the routine there in your country
At 3:25 I also noticed the distribution amp had outputs that were not terminated. Same thing at 8:50 where you mention only 4 runs are used. The the cables to the house also expose the system to ingress if the rooms are unused without terminator caps over the outlet connectors. This would have opened the cable circuit, exposing it to interference. Those types of amps are usually 0db gain, so was it possible that it was absorbing ingress from the unterminated connectors? Thanks for the videos.
Those taps are huge!!!
Maintenance hates those. Creates mad noise but you do what you have to do to get the pure pass.
You have confidence that will take you forward.
In my system amps are back ordered so far so every chance I get if customers has 1 active outlet and an amp I’m snatching it cause I do lots of 10+ box installs.
Hey, I'm a Tech out of South Bay CA. I see you got that XM2 meter. 👍🏿 We haven't even gotten them yet, just the network techs. Nice content.
Now a very good lesson in not being told and whoever can do such a thing
Can you come out here to fix ours too. It doing the same thing. Goes in and out for the last month. They say line looks good serivce looks good and changed the box 3 times and still does the same thing. Finally one of the techs saw it doing the same thing but Can not explain what is going on. They said it is somewhere on the poles. But yet tehy can't figure it out or fix it.
The quality of your vids gets better by the day!!
I appreciate that bro that’s for staying tuned to the channel more on the way 💪🏾💯
Man @5:32 that line that your hooks are on looks like a self supporting line.. Surely that line had spanwire.. right?
im on week 2 of training, i saw that exact setup today. meters didnt pass, tossed the filter, everything was smooth - spectrum doesnt use em
Amp open ports, (not gaving termibators) could be shooting out ingress) as well may be causing problems.
In the intermittent problem what they can do to check inside connection
So now if want connection to those other lines the house they gonna need a 7 way splitter?
Lmao! That's a cakewalk out there Haha Haha no ladder access out here bro, see how much you love the pole, climbing through rosebushes cut by thorns and killing spiders lol you not even dirty bro lmao
Nah bro I been through hell with this job from being down south and up north you ain’t saying nothing that I haven’t seen 😂
Not gonna lie I work in an area that's 90 underground 10 overhead lol I'm spoiled
Try being a cable tech up here in Alberta Canada. -35 C
We dread the winters but it's an awesome job when the weather's good.
You're wonderful.
How much can be made on average per month?
The amp doesn’t boost signal, it creates a 0 loss split. Only use them when you have like 5 or 6 cpe’s and youre at like 43tx at GB. Also ive noticed you start at the tap and work ur way in home. Why not start in home, work your way to tap? In my experience, its always a bad wall plate, fitting behind plate, golden splitter, cut line under home, etc. the LAST thing i do is pull the ladder out. Even old aerial drops, i change fittings and test for ingress, if it passes then ur good to go. If tap is 43tx, then throw a splitter on there to fail and refer to maintenance. Amps act like a bandaid but will create more noise
Can you please do a video about filters/ traps?
Cool content man! New sub. What region are you if you dont mind me asking. I'm in the GCR
Eyoy1001 I appreciate that thanks for checking out the content I’m in the northeast region New England
@@cabletech2371 nice! Congrats on the birth of your baby. Did they give you paid leave?
Thanks bro 💯 and yeah they did 😎
First let me say these are the best videos by far dealing with cable. But
why do you call it a booster its essentially just a no loss splitter. Also may I ask why you only reference rx and such but not upstream and downstream?
I need techs like you man. Ever think of moving to socal hmu ill hire you for shure 🤙
Another question, if you had left the booster in place and noticed all the open ports would you terminate them before leaving? (Obviously in this situation the amp wasnt required so it was removed)
You should terminate any open port... Also that's not a booster it's a unity gain. It doesn't boost signal.. It keeps it equal across all of the ports
@@tone91402 I agree close any open port. Thanks for the clarification :)
Internet does not do well through house amps. I never use them unless the cx has more than 5 splits needed and even then i put the Internet in line before the amp.
That would be fine if the house was wrapped or had a design like this.If they had a single home run you’d have to run a new one.If it came to meet in a panel you’d have to take it there.
How do you become a cable technician?... love the vids, keep it up.
Are you located in US or Canada?
@@Mediocre1987 USA
Dude i literally just applied with no experience. I think especially now its pretty easy to just put your foot in the door for jobs that previously required at least 1 year experience, dont waste that.
Those are 8 port amps and have 2 way so ingress is beinf boosted. You a good tech tho!
Waiting on episode 9 brother
great video bro! i just got a job as a field tech with spectrum and i start later this week, your videos are great for me to get some knowledge! What work boots would you recommend?
That’s what’s up man hope you enjoy the field but I’d go with the hermans brand boots not expensive and really durable
You should try to get on with Windstream bro it's way less bullshit and climbing under houses like spectrum.... I used to work there
@@drsauce2574 i'll look into it & why is it less bs?lol is it less residential work or something?
@@dodgers0824 hell nah i mean there is a business tech at windstream but not many we do residential and its just wayyy less bullshit than wit cable , less crawling under houses ive been working for windstream for about 6 months now and havent had to crawl under a house once and dam near every house you go to has wiring running through the house so thats less wire you have to run and cat 5 and telephone cable is just so much more easy to run and have to deal wit ....and im sure by now you prolly have that lil small ass meter that sounds like a jet engine when you turn it on lol and you gotta run a test at the tap , side of house , and cpe every single job or you cant finish the job ......its just way less bullshit trust me if you can get on wit windstream do it ..... it takes a lil longer to learn than cable but once you get the hang of it , its not that bad
@@drsauce2574 thanks brotha, will definitely check it out!
I was gonna say lol why put the filter directly at the tap? It might brake off or get corroded lol and no weatherproof fittings??
I did put water proof fittings
The moca should never go on the tap. Ground block house. Splitter apartment.
Comcast put MoCA filter at the tap?
Not here in Big South... The filters I ever see at the tap are high pass filters which are not okay by our current standards.
What would happen if a person ran a coax from the tap to the house would they get internet
Drop Shipping Cali You will get Internet service but if the modem is not active on your account or whatever modem you have is not active it will not work most of these cable companies now can control activation and deactivation over the phone
The rest of life is like a cable which we can hold and go up if not
Damn I thought our guy was never gonna upload anymore!!
Why put 2 mocas
It didn’t look like there was room for the moca filter at the tap. The cable may have been too bent when the pedestal lid was back on. It would been better with the moca filter at the ground block. To the commenter who said zero gain amps are bandaids. I disagree, they are a necessary tool for when signal cannot be in spec without it. For example, if the Docsis channels are around 0 at the ground block with return of around 39 and if customer has multiple cable boxes then a zero gain would be necessary. They might have proper signal at the tap but have a long drop such that signal is too low at the ground block to just use a splitter. Many taps are only around +10 on Docsis channels and within plant design and not too low such that maintenance would need to adjust an amp.
I’m a maintenance tech and I have to say, thank you for that comment. Due to plant design we can’t always make adjustments.. some techs want us to run out “hot” but that could cause modulation issues etc... where I work we will sometimes upgrade 6u to 11u or 11u to flex 500 where possible.. sometimes it’s just what it is.
They have whole house??
Ok only technician's life is very difficult
Sir ji can you please help me nice video Ilke
you can't be helped.
Why did you put your ladder on Verizon
Because I can 🤣
i really thought triwire was just a brooklyn ny company
The comscope powered splitter is a zero gain spiltter. It does not increase the signal it simply splits the signal with no signal loss...
BTW its not a booster
What is it then ???
A subscriber amplifier same shit it adjusts signal no need for it if your working with good signal
Its called a no-gain amp..it doesn't increase your upstream or downstream
Gene Dircks still no need for it ppl still call them boosters if the signal is good remove it 🤷🏾♂️
@@cabletech2371
Exactly all they are is bandages they are for techs that need a easy way out
Life of cabe technicians
Filter should always be at the tap, first tech had it correct. A jumper to filter is the way to go but that tech used a ground filter. You
Should have cut the extra wire and loops on the second house and put the ground block in a box. The last house you did not terminate the ports that did not have a line connected. You are correct on too much signal possibly being the issue. An easy tip for you that I learned is that when a tap is a value of say 14, the TX is usually 20+ that, which is why you had 34 upstream at the first house.
You seem chill though!
Never put at tap!!!!! Moca or POE filter needs to be put at the ground block
It does not matter where you put the Moca filter, apartments don’t have ground blocks so we put it at the tap.
What's up with all the wierd ass comments?