Comcast sucks balls, end of story, they make horrible prices for internet service + cable and on internet they just use power boost so its a rip off.... They dont have high speed internet they dont have nothing, they dont have good dl at all its just "POWER BOOST" that lasted 10 seconds.... And BTW they stalk ur downloading like they did to me so Comcast, 2 words for u: YOU SUCK too bad i am stuck with u because Verizon isnt available for my area and Verizon is allot better!
I work for Shaw and had this happen when Telus connected to our lines though their ADSL boxes. It fed back on the drop and would spark at the tap. Lucky I didn't get that bad of a shock when I disconnected them.
It happens. Worst I had seen was an entire neighborhood with a bad PECO ground, voltage feeding back into the Comcast taps. Entire drops fried, but cable was the least of those people's problems.
Thats not comcast cable that is causing that. Its something in the house that is not properly grounded. It is backfeeding to our splitter and even back to our ground block when connected. Its usually caused by an old TV or VCR or some kind of old accessory.
i had voltage from a vizio tv still working with a good picture the house had taken a lightning hit and burned something up inside the vizio and it was passing 94 volts ac back out the f81 in back of the set
As a TV tech, I can tell you that a shorted isolation capacitor, a short in a tuner, or backwards house wiring on the outlet, or when someone shaves off the wide blade of the a/c plug on thier set & plugs it in backwards can backfeed the a/c to the cable.
I wonder how much electric runs through those Comcast cables that go to our computers and TV's. Even so I love it because it's what's powering the Internet I'm using to do this right now! LOL
@tall32guy There is NO AC current through the cable typically. This is an AC backfeed from the TV, DVD or other device. It's not supposed to be there and it's not the cable company's doing.
Yo Dog.................you have a problem with the power nuetral in your home. This is very common with homes that have bad grounding/bonding. Bad grounds take the path of least resistance which in most cases is the RF cable in your home, Call a QUALIFIED electrician and have him fix the problem. The cable company cannot fix an electrical issue.
no what u have there is the powersupply for the on pole line aplifiers has went bad and the line amplifier is going bad alowing power supply voltaget to leak through to the house
I had one today that was aerial that the ground wire melted the cable from the ground block to about 5 inches down our drop. It was the customers power riser we grounded to was putting off voltage!!! they are like that happened to us a year ago!!! Obviously nothing was changed since then, i didn't hook it back up and told them to get it fixed!!! Lucky it didn't do that behind a wall plate and burn their house down!!! It would still be comcasts fault!!!
i had a vizio tv feeding back 120 volts straight off the back of the tv customer had "no idea what might have happened" till her 13 or so kid said didn't it start doing "funny" things after dad made sparks fly out of the old power strip.
Customer equipment has a hot chassis<like tv is backfeeding voltage back into the plant causing Common Path Distortions, crashing the node. i find that drop it gets cut,,,DAMMMM .... dumb ass should not be arcing out your TV like that.. Not a poly because flash is too big and that would have put the power supply in standby after the first arc.
BOTH WRONG. That is a crossed nutral wire in the dumb a*s customers house . but it will always be the cable guys fault. this happend to me on my first job the other day..
@djjimi um....i'm a comcast tech and not an electrician, i used to do construction and know the basics, but what do you do for a job?? nothing but watch youtube on your comcast connection!!!! ROFL!!!! NUMBNUTZ!!!!
@djjimi This is not a dick measuring contest. If you think it is, put it up against a midget and make yourself feel better and get over yourself you arrogant son of a bitch.
@djjimi oh wow, you must be really smart to work for microsoft. I guess that makes you smart or something right?? That's probly how you introduce yourself to others...something like this (hi i'm numbnutz and i work for microsoft so that makes me smart!!) ROFL!!! and you probly add something like, yeah I drive a mercedes and have a million dollar house...am i right???
I'm sure there are lots of Comcast technicians who are quite good at what they do. But I'm sorry, the majority that I've come accross are complete idjuts. And the good ones are always the first to point that fact out.
In any case, the problem here could be any number of things. The homeowner needs to call an electrician, not rely on the advice of some cable guy who thinks the power company is somehow at fault.
It's like asking your dentist for advice when having a heart attack.
this is what happens when you ground out the stinger of a coax line when it's still hooked up to a sattelite receiver. satt. receivers push back either 12v or 18v to power the dish.
ok...take the ground off the splitter...then take YOUR lines off. Hook the drop back up. Try connecting one of YOUR lines. One of them will spark. If that much voltage was coming from the drop system the cable company would know because of all the boxes they would burn. and tv's they'd have to buy.
sigh not so big news, . try placing a cable on your tongue and feel what floats through it! the spark are a bit more then normal, prolly a signal enhancer?
This is net power for older cable telephone systems. Comcast used that before switching to their voice over IP telephone service. Go over to a pole and see if there still is a yellow tag.
Electrical power is supplied through the coax, but is supposed to be filtered at the house telephone box outside.
I got shocked many times by these and it's completely harmless. But a good way to scare the shit out of noobs
a pin needs to be removed at the tap,unless the cable also supplies phone and or internet in which it should supply 85 -92 volts ac to control the switch gear properly
the reason his cable line is sparking is because he has a electrical problem in his house and it should of been addressed by an electrician, His house electric is using the cable wires ground because it has the least path if resistance. This is most likey caused by a disconnected ground line at his meter base, a ground fault in the fuse panel, or a electrical outlet that was installed wrong. It could even be a faulty tv or vcr.
Hes got a cable amplifier somewhere in the house probably because hes got several outlets being used for several TVs and internet. If your getting spark out of cable, it almost never has anything to do with a bad ground. Of course im saying this cause you can see several lines in the video. If you know where the amp is ( its plugged in somewhere) disconnect it n' see if it still sparks, if it does, then yes bad ground.
Left the shunt in the doghouse? Last guy out was probably a contractor. Comcast treats 'em like shit so that's the kind of work they get. Love the splitter and fittings. In-house must've done the install on the telephony.
Also you will eventually cause the cable plant to short by playing with that. If other people on your street have Digital Phone service you may shutdown their phone service. It can also affect your cable and internet if you blow a fuse at the high gain amp.
Eh all wrong! That cable system has Digital Telephone. You have to insert a poly switch to power the HISU. Obviously you don't have it and the tech that did your reconnect did not check and remove the poly switch. I didn't see a grounblock so that means that 90V AC is going to your devices. It may work for now however it will eventually damage your devices. I was a service tech for 5yrs I know that I am right call Comcast right away!
Similar shit happens with LNB power from a DVB satellite receiver hooked into CATV
ladams00 4 months ago
Perhaps it's just power from the tap to the NIU?
elfkind1 4 months ago
When that happens you need to call the electric company because the power is using cable as their ground
JRJonthesnow 4 months ago
that doesnt look like a comcast certified splitter can you say self install! Radio Shack stop hooking up your own cable idiots
srt8rider 4 months ago
PG&E sucks.
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Comcast sucks balls, end of story, they make horrible prices for internet service + cable and on internet they just use power boost so its a rip off.... They dont have high speed internet they dont have nothing, they dont have good dl at all its just "POWER BOOST" that lasted 10 seconds.... And BTW they stalk ur downloading like they did to me so Comcast, 2 words for u: YOU SUCK too bad i am stuck with u because Verizon isnt available for my area and Verizon is allot better!
sourcemodscripter 11 months ago 2
I work for Shaw and had this happen when Telus connected to our lines though their ADSL boxes. It fed back on the drop and would spark at the tap. Lucky I didn't get that bad of a shock when I disconnected them.
OpeAaron 11 months ago
It happens. Worst I had seen was an entire neighborhood with a bad PECO ground, voltage feeding back into the Comcast taps. Entire drops fried, but cable was the least of those people's problems.
bowlingotter 1 year ago
Thats not comcast cable that is causing that. Its something in the house that is not properly grounded. It is backfeeding to our splitter and even back to our ground block when connected. Its usually caused by an old TV or VCR or some kind of old accessory.
budlightxcowboy 1 year ago 2
looks like the neutral is broken, and hydro is using us (cable) as a return path. Seen it alot.. OR a bad piece of cx equip.
Kawartha 1 year ago
Grounding problem in the main panel or service from the POCO (power company)
jeffweissman 1 year ago
i had voltage from a vizio tv still working with a good picture the house had taken a lightning hit and burned something up inside the vizio and it was passing 94 volts ac back out the f81 in back of the set
amcabbott 1 year ago
As a TV tech, I can tell you that a shorted isolation capacitor, a short in a tuner, or backwards house wiring on the outlet, or when someone shaves off the wide blade of the a/c plug on thier set & plugs it in backwards can backfeed the a/c to the cable.
seatboi 1 year ago
2008WFC is right !
but before you call an electrician you can call your local electric company and have them check the neutral outside for free.
this can save you the cost of an electrician showing up at your house while the problem maybe with the power company and get charged for his/her time
wizzardian 1 year ago
I am a comcast tech that is coz by his or her house ground not working and its putting votage on our line most likey the water heater or dryer
MrBridgej 1 year ago
@MrBridgej since cable plugs into the water heater or dryer, right? its something connected to the cable that is backfeeding voltage...
thomacide 1 year ago
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@MrBridgej since cable plugs into the water heater or dryer, right? its something connected to the cable that is backfeeding voltage...
thomacide 1 year ago
I wonder how much electric runs through those Comcast cables that go to our computers and TV's. Even so I love it because it's what's powering the Internet I'm using to do this right now! LOL
tall32guy 1 year ago
@tall32guy There is NO AC current through the cable typically. This is an AC backfeed from the TV, DVD or other device. It's not supposed to be there and it's not the cable company's doing.
danw210 1 year ago
what its not if you look at it youre gonna die waste of time
MrQwert7 1 year ago
Yo Dog.................you have a problem with the power nuetral in your home. This is very common with homes that have bad grounding/bonding. Bad grounds take the path of least resistance which in most cases is the RF cable in your home, Call a QUALIFIED electrician and have him fix the problem. The cable company cannot fix an electrical issue.
2008WFC 1 year ago
reverse ground on power out lets with cabel boxs plugged in or bad house amp plugged in.
nhartzog0421 1 year ago
not grounded thats bad
billeyjbob5000 1 year ago
and you still ungrounded it? FAIL!!!!!!!! lucky the house didnt burn down
fireguye4 1 year ago
he probably has a PDU at the tap with the power turned on.
briggs9187 1 year ago
djjimi "In any case, the problem here could be any number of things."
Exactly. Knock him all you want for his job and car, but he's right. You can't diagnose an issue like this just from looking at a splitter spark.
PQZ 1 year ago
no what u have there is the powersupply for the on pole line aplifiers has went bad and the line amplifier is going bad alowing power supply voltaget to leak through to the house
biggdaddy2001 1 year ago
ive seen this in the real world, the neutral probably came off and is now using the cable as its "other" path. dangerous stuff
svxforlife 1 year ago
I had one today that was aerial that the ground wire melted the cable from the ground block to about 5 inches down our drop. It was the customers power riser we grounded to was putting off voltage!!! they are like that happened to us a year ago!!! Obviously nothing was changed since then, i didn't hook it back up and told them to get it fixed!!! Lucky it didn't do that behind a wall plate and burn their house down!!! It would still be comcasts fault!!!
Kreggsy6 1 year ago
i had a vizio tv feeding back 120 volts straight off the back of the tv customer had "no idea what might have happened" till her 13 or so kid said didn't it start doing "funny" things after dad made sparks fly out of the old power strip.
amcabbott 2 years ago
Customer equipment has a hot chassis<like tv is backfeeding voltage back into the plant causing Common Path Distortions, crashing the node. i find that drop it gets cut,,,DAMMMM .... dumb ass should not be arcing out your TV like that.. Not a poly because flash is too big and that would have put the power supply in standby after the first arc.
Mike19sf 2 years ago
@Mike19sf voltage does not cause common path distortion
sinn7776 1 year ago
BOTH WRONG. That is a crossed nutral wire in the dumb a*s customers house . but it will always be the cable guys fault. this happend to me on my first job the other day..
wreckuup 2 years ago
This is what I love about Comcast technicians, you all think your fucking electricians. Go to school and get a real job, numbnutz.
djjimi 2 years ago
@djjimi um....i'm a comcast tech and not an electrician, i used to do construction and know the basics, but what do you do for a job?? nothing but watch youtube on your comcast connection!!!! ROFL!!!! NUMBNUTZ!!!!
Kreggsy6 1 year ago
Actually I was a commercial electrician for 18 years. Now I work for Microsoft. Any other brilliant questions?
djjimi 1 year ago
@djjimi This is not a dick measuring contest. If you think it is, put it up against a midget and make yourself feel better and get over yourself you arrogant son of a bitch.
ALLIASKBAND 1 year ago
@djjimi oh wow, you must be really smart to work for microsoft. I guess that makes you smart or something right?? That's probly how you introduce yourself to others...something like this (hi i'm numbnutz and i work for microsoft so that makes me smart!!) ROFL!!! and you probly add something like, yeah I drive a mercedes and have a million dollar house...am i right???
Kreggsy6 1 year ago
2 Mercedes actually... but who's counting, right?
A million dollar house?!?! In Seattle? If I could find one for that, I probably wouldn't want to live in it.
djjimi 1 year ago
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ALLIASKBAND 1 year ago
I'm sure there are lots of Comcast technicians who are quite good at what they do. But I'm sorry, the majority that I've come accross are complete idjuts. And the good ones are always the first to point that fact out.
In any case, the problem here could be any number of things. The homeowner needs to call an electrician, not rely on the advice of some cable guy who thinks the power company is somehow at fault.
It's like asking your dentist for advice when having a heart attack.
djjimi 1 year ago
lol yea u right that subs house is not grounded rite i had a computer and two plasmas blow up but my company paid for it
iphone3gsdivine 2 years ago
open the dog house, and pull the poly pin.....good to go. Unless its a bad amp, or something seriously backfeeding....
Jeph78 2 years ago
what kinda tap was it running off of?
yeaimamerican 2 years ago
Gotta ground that shit.
thephysicalvocalist 2 years ago
fucking right
nguyennguyenkn 2 years ago
If it is improperly grounded, Comcast will take care of it.
ericn32 2 years ago
this is what happens when you ground out the stinger of a coax line when it's still hooked up to a sattelite receiver. satt. receivers push back either 12v or 18v to power the dish.
FuddMcDee 2 years ago
Bad neutral for real you can die from that.
n4tti1c3 2 years ago
is that splitter comcast approved?
srt8rider 2 years ago
yeah 25 years ago
yeaimamerican 2 years ago
There isnt power on cable wires, looks like a bad house ground.
justinclark216 2 years ago
ok...take the ground off the splitter...then take YOUR lines off. Hook the drop back up. Try connecting one of YOUR lines. One of them will spark. If that much voltage was coming from the drop system the cable company would know because of all the boxes they would burn. and tv's they'd have to buy.
c0ffln 2 years ago
sigh not so big news, . try placing a cable on your tongue and feel what floats through it! the spark are a bit more then normal, prolly a signal enhancer?
0rionwarrior 2 years ago
looks like there is power coming from the tap.
mikeogsbig420 2 years ago
Bad neutral or ground in the house not from cable line!
Mtdn27 2 years ago
This is net power for older cable telephone systems. Comcast used that before switching to their voice over IP telephone service. Go over to a pole and see if there still is a yellow tag.
Electrical power is supplied through the coax, but is supposed to be filtered at the house telephone box outside.
I got shocked many times by these and it's completely harmless. But a good way to scare the shit out of noobs
Wizard4592 2 years ago
a pin needs to be removed at the tap,unless the cable also supplies phone and or internet in which it should supply 85 -92 volts ac to control the switch gear properly
JMHSDrumline09 3 years ago
in some systems, actually the power-passing taps are fairly rare these days.
kg4yuv 2 years ago
i see em all the time all aerial made by maspro
yeaimamerican 2 years ago
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pblizniuk 3 years ago
the reason his cable line is sparking is because he has a electrical problem in his house and it should of been addressed by an electrician, His house electric is using the cable wires ground because it has the least path if resistance. This is most likey caused by a disconnected ground line at his meter base, a ground fault in the fuse panel, or a electrical outlet that was installed wrong. It could even be a faulty tv or vcr.
yortnoraa 3 years ago
and you just know the cstmr is blaming the cable company.
Charrm 2 years ago
Hes got a cable amplifier somewhere in the house probably because hes got several outlets being used for several TVs and internet. If your getting spark out of cable, it almost never has anything to do with a bad ground. Of course im saying this cause you can see several lines in the video. If you know where the amp is ( its plugged in somewhere) disconnect it n' see if it still sparks, if it does, then yes bad ground.
turbodr3ams 3 years ago
lmao @ "grounding problem" and "too much signal"...
Islandrx23's comment is exactly right by the way- so listen to him and no one else :)
paulthewhite 3 years ago
not grounded properly, or a dish/directv box is still surging through that line. dumbass.
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ThatHansonCover 3 years ago
haha NO!
mexicanerd 2 years ago
same thing happened at a customers house and and it was grounded properly, it was actually being caused by the surge protector.
sanjostyle 3 years ago
grounding problem at the house
angelmgomez 3 years ago
There is too much energy from the signals - Take those other comments into consideration.
Jacklistener 3 years ago
RF signal is not energized whatsoever...
slapshot1369 3 years ago
that puts low frequency on my stereo hi.. coming from VCR ...
discharge actualy comes from outside ... but my earthed apliances absorved it so e earthed the TAP
there also you can see screws to attach earth cable
authmaax 3 years ago
NET POWER!!!
compudude86 3 years ago
shunt in doghouse.
stmpoutignrnce 4 years ago
Left the shunt in the doghouse? Last guy out was probably a contractor. Comcast treats 'em like shit so that's the kind of work they get. Love the splitter and fittings. In-house must've done the install on the telephony.
stmpoutignrnce 4 years ago
Also you will eventually cause the cable plant to short by playing with that. If other people on your street have Digital Phone service you may shutdown their phone service. It can also affect your cable and internet if you blow a fuse at the high gain amp.
Islandrx23 4 years ago
Eh all wrong! That cable system has Digital Telephone. You have to insert a poly switch to power the HISU. Obviously you don't have it and the tech that did your reconnect did not check and remove the poly switch. I didn't see a grounblock so that means that 90V AC is going to your devices. It may work for now however it will eventually damage your devices. I was a service tech for 5yrs I know that I am right call Comcast right away!
Islandrx23 4 years ago
Yeah I know I use to smoke terminators for fun when the ports on the tap were still powered up.
beaman220 3 years ago
looks like a back feed from a tv , or what line builder suggested.
yortnoraa 4 years ago
jeez, that is not natural. check your connections, your modem or cable boxes may be fried.
lightwaveheyman 4 years ago
The voltage is probabley coming from the house, they may have a bad netural in the panel or even a bad element in their hot water heater
linebuilder 4 years ago