Nice job Hittman! Shower for the people and a tub for the dog.
Thanks everyone. It took us a long time. There was a step in front of the tub that I tore out and built the little wall. We just finished painting the vanity last week and the pulls were delivered today so I put those on. Eventually I want to have a custom quartz vanity with under mount sinks made. I found someone through a friend that can do it once I’m ready to dish out the money for it.
We've moved into a new house (well not new, just new to us). Most of the rooms have coax outlets, some with one connector, some with two. Some of the coax lines are connected to an obsolete dish antenna some are connected to VZW Fios. Is there a way I can go around and check each of them for a VZW signal without moving around a TV and set top box and hooking into each one to see it it 'works with VZW'?
Maybe some help here, Mike?
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Another way to test your cable signal strength is to use a multimeter. Set it to resistance x 100 mode and touch the probes to the cable. If you see a deflection on display, this means that there is a signal passing through the cable.
Should be no voltage on the sat antenna, voltage on the "live" Fios.
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How do I test my cable signal strength?
There are a few ways that you can test your cable signal strength. One way is to use a TV or other device to see it for yourself. This will give you a general idea of the strength of the signal that you are receiving.Another way to test your cable signal strength is to use a multimeter. Set it to resistance x 100 mode and touch the probes to the cable. If you see a deflection on display, this means that there is a signal passing through the cable.
Should be no voltage on the sat antenna, voltage on the "live" Fios.
They make Remote Cable Testers where you screw a Transmitter onto one end of the cable. Then go to the other end and screw in the Tester's Receiver and it will Beep or Blink to let you know it is continuous.
Here is an Example of an Inexpensive one...
This type of Tester Doesn't tell you anything about the Signal. Or even what type of Signal it is. Only if the Wire is is Continous from one end to the other.
Here is an Example of an Inexpensive one...
This type of Tester Doesn't tell you anything about the Signal. Or even what type of Signal it is. Only if the Wire is is Continous from one end to the other.
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I made something similar back when I did cable. I had a 9v with an led on one end and a piezo buzzer on the other. If the led lights there is a splitter that wont pass DC or a short, then of course if it buzzes on the other end, that's the wire. Really handy to see what goes where especially in a prewired house or apt. bldg.
Any deflection on a resistance scale would indicate the presence of voltage, so probably a signal.
Yeah... Remote Testers can save you Hours and Hours of Frustration.
Way back in the Day I bought one of these on RJ-45 Testers on e-Bay for a Home Wired Network project.
I think it was like 6 Bucks. It works Great. And has caught many Bad Eyes / Funky Crimp Twisted Pair mistakes. I'd never make a Network/Crossover Cable without it.
If you are lucky, they ran separate wires to each outlet from down by where your electric comes in and maybe 1 going into the attic in case you put an antenna up there. Some houses they run the wire from room to room to room (PIA)
I have 10 million cables going to my crawl space that were put in by various previous owners. Many of them were unidentified. So this is how I ID'd them.
Gotta Love the MacGyver Ball of Aluminum Foil.
Now if He had used a Handheld Calculator with a Safety Pin instead of a DMM, it would have been a FULL Blown Mic Drop. But Not Bad as is.
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Wish I'd have seen this earlier. One of the slickest gadgets on the market is a Fluke meter. These puppies are designed for networking of all types and not only can it tell you that there's a broken line, it can tell you how far down the line it is.
Now, yeah, they're pricey as all get out. But....... I did some lookin' online and you can rent those suckers for a quick job. And let me tell ya, having one of those things is pure win when you're trying to nail down a networking issue or tracing lines. These things can read signal strengths, monitor data, and a host of other necessary and critical checks for all things network related.
Now, yeah, they're pricey as all get out. But....... I did some lookin' online and you can rent those suckers for a quick job. And let me tell ya, having one of those things is pure win when you're trying to nail down a networking issue or tracing lines. These things can read signal strengths, monitor data, and a host of other necessary and critical checks for all things network related.
I’ve always been a fan of Fluke meters. I have three at home and several different ones at work. They last forever even with daily use at my work.
The only fluke I ever had a problem with is the 1577 insulation tester, and only in the megger function I would have to play with the dial to get it to stop telling me the battery was low when it wasn't, worked fine otherwise. I just never got around to sending it in to get looked at. Now I am going to have some fun with a leaky service port on the impala A/C, should be fun.
Now I am going to have some fun with a leaky service port on the impala A/C, should be fun.
If it's the port itself, most likely just needs a new schrader valve.
I ordered 2 of them, gm used a check ball kind of thing on the high side and it looks like the o-ring where the port screws into the line. That was the only leak I could see but I got a set of seals just in case I find anything else. I'll wait for a cool morning,
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