Low voltage on service mast
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03-08-14, 04:15 PM
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Low voltage on service mast
What code cycle included that low voltage cannot be attached to the mast?
Is this a bad thing? Surely not uncommon?
I called the Telco because the electrician left a temporary attachment of the phone and cable to my mast. Telco just came over, lowered about 2 ft from the service feeders at clamped it to the mast again. I assume the cable company will do the same.
How should I proceed?
Is this a bad thing? Surely not uncommon?
I called the Telco because the electrician left a temporary attachment of the phone and cable to my mast. Telco just came over, lowered about 2 ft from the service feeders at clamped it to the mast again. I assume the cable company will do the same.
How should I proceed?
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03-08-14, 04:28 PM
Not sure if it has been addressed in code. If the phone and cable are spaced below the mast head by a couple of feet, then it would be no different than the phone lines attached to the power pole. They must maintain spacing between the two, but cable and phone are on the same pole. I am assuming your mast is above the roof, and not on the side of the house as was prevalent early on.
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So what options do I have, including the type of material, to get this off the mast and hooked up at the soffit level I suppose?
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03-09-14, 05:57 AM
Use a cable drop strain relief and a hook eye into a rafter tail.Cable Support Grips for Bus Drop Cable by HUBBELL WIRING DEVICE-KELLEMS - Cable Support Grips by Zoro Tools Industrial Supplies
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Theres a similar clasp on both cables now. You mention hook eye into rafter tail... what does that look like?
Would I screw into the wood that my gutters are attached too?
Would I screw into the wood that my gutters are attached too?
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03-09-14, 11:20 AM
Yes, but look for nail heads, which would indicate the end of a rafter tail. Often fascias are only 1x lumber and may tear out with pull.
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I was looking this morning. I can see there is probably 1x along the whole facia and soffit bottom. Its been covered in aluminum so I don't see a way to find the tails.
What type of clamp is usually used to attach to a mast? In this case 2 inches. In which you would hook the low voltage too (which already has those rings grips you mention. )
What type of clamp is usually used to attach to a mast? In this case 2 inches. In which you would hook the low voltage too (which already has those rings grips you mention. )
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What type of clamp is usually used to attach to a mast? In this case 2 inches. In which you would hook the low voltage too (which already has those rings grips you mention. )
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03-10-14, 04:36 AM
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It has been my experience that the phone company does pretty much what they darn well please . About the same for the cable company .
If you move their point of attachment down to the soffet , is it going to make their cables swing too low to the ground ?
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Wyr
If you move their point of attachment down to the soffet , is it going to make their cables swing too low to the ground ?
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03-10-14, 07:36 AM
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If you move their point of attachment down to the soffet , is it going to make their cables swing too low to the ground ?
It has been my experience that the phone company does pretty much what they darn well please . About the same for the cable company .
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03-10-14, 07:43 AM
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It would drop the line almost to ground to get it to go at the soffit.... I figure they would just make up their slack though....
We have a one story home, is that why its on the mast?
Is it going to look screwy if its at the soffit level? Am I supposed to have a second mast?
We have a one story home, is that why its on the mast?
Is it going to look screwy if its at the soffit level? Am I supposed to have a second mast?
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03-10-14, 07:55 AM
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We have a one story home, is that why its on the mast?
Is it going to look screwy if its at the soffit level? Am I supposed to have a second mast?
Is it going to look screwy if its at the soffit level? Am I supposed to have a second mast?
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If they make up the slack, and it came in at the soffit level... Is that not a typical installation?
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03-10-14, 08:05 AM
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If they make up the slack, and it came in at the soffit level... Is that not a typical installation?
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I got them back out this morning and he screwed a hook under the eave and made up the slack. After he left I put the comcast on the same hook and removed the clamp on the mast.
At first they gave me a 2 week time frame for appointment..... then I told them its up by the high voltage and that I cant wait two weeks and that I may have to move it myself since I have inspectors and electricians breathing down my neck (I don't, I thinks its allowed here despite being against NEC)..... anyway..... they were out within 3 hours! lol. Liability concerns perhaps?
At first they gave me a 2 week time frame for appointment..... then I told them its up by the high voltage and that I cant wait two weeks and that I may have to move it myself since I have inspectors and electricians breathing down my neck (I don't, I thinks its allowed here despite being against NEC)..... anyway..... they were out within 3 hours! lol. Liability concerns perhaps?
