The telephone wire from the clip on the side of our house down to the Verizon box has been pulled and is sagging. This means that the wire from the pole in the street to the clip on the side of the house is pulled tight against some tree branches. I'm afraid the branches will damage the wire. Can someone please come adjust the tension in our phone wire?
Who do I contact about getting overhead Bell wires removed that cross over my yard from a pole in my backyard to my neighbors house? I can almost reach up and touch them from my deck. He recently switched to Rogers and they ran their cable along the back fence (which I will bury myself in the spring). Will Bell come and remove them, or can my neighbor and I just cut them ourselves? (He agrees that they are annoying). Thanks for any advice.
Hi there @Roxy10
Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community.
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What's the fastest way to notify Bell? Going through the website there's no way to just cut to the chase and inform a HUMAN directly ... virtual agent wants do random troubleshooting, reboot modem, etc.
I went outside to take a look at where the connection between Comcast and my house is and noticed that there is electrical tape wrapped around the connection. We just started Comcast service about 7 months ago and they had to do an intial setup once we first moved in.
Can't see your pic. Since you are a new poster, it needs to be approved by a Forum Admin. That could take some time. In the interim, you could try hosting it at one of those free third-party pic hosting sites like Imgur or Photobucket and post the link to it here.
What do the modem's signal stats look like ? Try getting them here or here
Please post the *Downstream Power Level*, the *Upstream Power Level*, and the *SNR* (Signal to Noise Ratio) numbers.
What is the exact make and model number of the modem ?
Is this a WiFi connection ?
To answer your question, yes we are having connectivity problems. The internet will randomly disconnect throughout the day. Some days it happens all through the day, other days it can be perfectly fine. It seems to occour more during peak hours, around 5PM - 10PM. Disconnection time can be a few seconds to a few minutes.
Someone has bypassed the ground block and the MoCA filter and added some electrical tape as a weather seal. I'm not saying that's what's causing your issue, but it's not up to code and should be fixed. You should get a tech to replace those connectors, and install the ground block correctly.
@Nerd @EG I have attempted to contact Comcast and explained my situation to them to multiple reps and even offered to send them pictures and mentioned having a tech come out to look at what's going on outside. Unfortunately they said they were not going to be sending a tech out both times, or were going to charge me money for making the repair, which I know is not something I am responsible for. This is when I came to the forums to post things.
EDIT: the loads will be a few lights, a 12v battery charger and 2 electric space heaters, so all resistive loads...believe it or not there's already a "ghetto" 200 ft run of 14/2 indoor romex wire going there (from previous owners) but the lights and battery charger work fine even with the massive voltage drop..
The thing is if you measure from the Hot to the Ground you would only see about a 10% drop. (assuming you are only loading one phase) This is because the load is pulling up the Neutral at the same time it is pulling down the Hot.
If the Neutral has a loose connection then the voltage increase on it will be more than the voltage drop on the Hot. What if the Neutral becomes disconnected entirely at the breaker panel, now you might see 120V on it because the load is pulling it up.
Just think of it this way, the Neutral is a current carrying wire and so has more in common with the Hots than with the Ground wire. If you think this way you are going to have a system that is more likely to be safe.
The Nest thermostat does not need the T wires. Install your Nest thermostat without these wires since it uses its LCD display instead of an indicator light and gets sensor information, like outdoor weather conditions, over Wi-Fi.
I have read articles that say Nest can support heat pump and how to set up balance point with auxiliary heat (some sort of electric strip inside heat pumps). But there are also articles that say for heat pump + gas furnace (which would be the most common installation type ) Nest suggest professional installation as this is considered dual fuel solution.
Nest Thermostats will work in a dual-fuel system with a heat pump and a separate heater, but Heat Pump Balance will not be available. Instead, you can set a lockout temperature manually in the Nest thermostat's Equipment menu. Also, the requirements for the dual-fuel configuration should be evaluated by an expert because choosing the wrong options for a dual-fuel system can cause damage to your system. Contact a local pro to better assist you with the installation.
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Apparently the camera can tell if an "outdoor" cable is being used or not, as I get the message "The camera and light are disabled while charging" if I use any of my other Arlo magnetic cables, including 2 others that I bought from Amazon that claim to be "outdoor" cables.
Does only the official Arlo 25ft magnetic outdoor cable work to keep the camera charged while using it?
I bought the 3rd party cables because they were shorter, and my camera is located right next to a power outlet, so a 25 foot cable would not be optimal.
So I just ordered the official outdoor 25ft cable. I will find out if what the camera is detecting is the cable itself, or the power adapter that it comes with. I'm hoping its the power adapter and that I can use it with a shorter 3rd-party cable.
We do not recommend using non-Arlo branded accessories with your Arlo cameras. These accessories are not designed specifically for Arlo and often times do not meet the necessary spec requirements for your Arlo cameras.
It's really that there's physics involved. The longer the wire run, the more resistance will be introduced, leading to voltage and current drop. Many cheap USB cables use thin wires which are a real issue over distance - heavier gauge wires are needed as the distance increases. The Ultra/Pro 3 outdoor chargers use 25 feet of wire and 9v to combat this compared to the short indoor cables and 5v chargers.
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