[TriLUG] OT: what is this cable?

MrB brentrbrian at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 08:47:16 EDT 2014


How many conductors are on the inside of the black cable and what kind of
colors are they

Brent R Brian on Samsung GS III Android Phone
On Oct 13, 2014 8:43 AM, "Bill Weinel" <tube.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> This is a TWC buried drop cable to the house. If you're not currently using
> Time Warner for phone, cable, or internet service; you'll notice nothing
> out.
>
> It's also possible that there are multiple buried TWC drops going to your
> house and you've just hit an old unused cable. [Over the years, TWC had to
> replace a number of older drops due to water infiltration into their buried
> drop cables (...this was caused by them originally installing inferior
> quality
> buried cables back when they first installed the cable system in the
> 1970's.)]
>
> If you or your neighbors have noticed nothing out... Your likely good to
> go.
>
> Take care,
> Bill
>
>
> On Monday, October 13, 2014 01:37:31 AM David Burton wrote:
> > I rototilled my yard and planted grass. But right beside the curb I
> > accidentally dug up the end of an odd electrical cable. It looks like it
> > probably goes under my driveway.
>
> --
> This message was sent to: Brent R Brian <brentrbrian at gmail.com>
> To unsubscribe, send a blank message to trilug-leave at trilug.org from that
> address.
> TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> Unsubscribe or edit options on the web  :
> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/options/trilug/brentrbrian%40gmail.com
> Welcome to TriLUG: http://trilug.org/welcome
>


More information about the TriLUG mailing list