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New Cable Drop from Cable Company sleepdog 01-25-2008
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Posted by on January 25, 2008, 2:25 pm
Had to call the cable company to install a new service drop to our
house after a major remodeling took the old one out. I asked them
just to do the outside wiring because I can do the inside no problem.
They left the end of the wire coiled up and unterminated, but now
alongside the RG6 the company also ran a much thinner wire, looks to
be stranded aluminum inside a black jacket. Now what would that wire
be for? I know how to terminate the RG6 but not the smaller one
because I don't know what it does, would it be for a ground? First
time seeing it like this. Called the cable company, no help there,
they'd only send a tech out and I won't be there.

Thanks!

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Posted by Smitty Two on January 25, 2008, 3:04 pm
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sleepdog@optonline.net wrote:

> Had to call the cable company to install a new service drop to our
> house after a major remodeling took the old one out. I asked them
> just to do the outside wiring because I can do the inside no problem.
> They left the end of the wire coiled up and unterminated, but now
> alongside the RG6 the company also ran a much thinner wire, looks to
> be stranded aluminum inside a black jacket. Now what would that wire
> be for? I know how to terminate the RG6 but not the smaller one
> because I don't know what it does, would it be for a ground? First
> time seeing it like this. Called the cable company, no help there,
> they'd only send a tech out and I won't be there.
>
> Thanks!

Maybe wire rope, designed to add mechanical strength. Fasten it to a
bolt eye in a rafter.

Posted by G. Morgan on January 25, 2008, 3:52 pm


>> Had to call the cable company to install a new service drop to our
>> house after a major remodeling took the old one out. I asked them
>> just to do the outside wiring because I can do the inside no problem.
>> They left the end of the wire coiled up and unterminated, but now
>> alongside the RG6 the company also ran a much thinner wire, looks to
>> be stranded aluminum inside a black jacket. Now what would that wire
>> be for? I know how to terminate the RG6 but not the smaller one
>> because I don't know what it does, would it be for a ground? First
>> time seeing it like this. Called the cable company, no help there,
>> they'd only send a tech out and I won't be there.
>>

It's called messenger wire, it's used for aerial drops as a strain
relief. If your drop is aerial that's good, if yours is underground -
that's bad because underground drops should use special cable that is
coated in silicone.



--

-G

Posted by dennis bird on January 26, 2008, 2:01 am
its a ground wire... should go to a plate on the overhang of
house....andthen another ground wire goes to this plate and in my case to
the Ground rod in the MUD(ground).

> Had to call the cable company to install a new service drop to our
> house after a major remodeling took the old one out. I asked them
> just to do the outside wiring because I can do the inside no problem.
> They left the end of the wire coiled up and unterminated, but now
> alongside the RG6 the company also ran a much thinner wire, looks to
> be stranded aluminum inside a black jacket. Now what would that wire
> be for? I know how to terminate the RG6 but not the smaller one
> because I don't know what it does, would it be for a ground? First
> time seeing it like this. Called the cable company, no help there,
> they'd only send a tech out and I won't be there.
>
> Thanks!



Posted by =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on January 29, 2008, 9:23 pm
dennis bird posted for all of us...

> its a ground wire... should go to a plate on the overhang of
> house....andthen another ground wire goes to this plate and in my case to
> the Ground rod in the MUD(ground).
>
>
BZZZT wrong answer. Next contestant please - no consolation prize.
--
Tekkie Don't bother to thank me, I do this as a public service.

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