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Realized I was bending RG6 wrong for 8 years
I had this job last Thursday at a house off Maple Drive where the signal kept dropping on the second floor TV. After swapping splitters and checking connectors for an hour, I finally looked at my own bend on a corner run and saw it was pinched flat. I always thought a tight 90 degree bend was fine, you know, as long as it looked neat. But some older installer walked me through how the dielectric gets crushed and causes reflection, which was messing up the whole line. Has anyone else had a similar "aha" moment with something basic like this?
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rowanw9114d ago
Actually RG6 wants a gradual sweep, not a sharp 90.
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jackson.max14d ago
Whoa, but isn't the real issue that most people are using the wrong tool for the bend in the first place? Did you torque it down properly before the sweep?
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