10 years of crimping coax wrong before a Spectrum tech showed me in 2 minutes

Was on a job last month and this old Spectrum guy watched me do a connector. He just said 'who trained you?' Took the fitting off and showed me my braid was folded wrong. Been leaving exposed copper on every single connector for a decade. Checked my last 3 jobs with a continuity tester and holy crap. Anybody else learn they've been doing basic stuff wrong for years from a random coworker?

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taylorc4026d ago

Is it just me or does that pattern hit everywhere once you start looking? @jordanblack kinda has a point about the DC resistance thing, but for me it's more about realizing how many little habits you pick up without ever checking if they're right. Like I've been opening my garage door weird for years just because nobody told me the sensor alignment was off.

joel_hall1727d ago

Bought a continuity tester right after and found I had signal loss on half my old connectors. Makes me wonder what other "basics" I'm still screwing up without knowing it.

jordanblack27d ago

Yeah, the "continuity tester fix" thing doesn't really prove you had signal loss. Ohms is about DC resistance, not RF signal quality. You probably had fine signal on most of those old connectors.