I'm working from home indefinitely and needed to get a wired connection across the room. Yes that's a switch on the floor and a network cable held up with painters tape.1yr ⋅ 0110010001100010 ⋅ r/cablefail
Friggin' Electricians. Found this shoved up inside the conduit when pulling new wire.10mo ⋅ halakar ⋅ r/cablefail
A little off-topicj A spool of unattended network cabling out on the street earlier today... The car pulled up as I took the photo.2mo ⋅ kerplunkerfish ⋅ r/cablefail
Literally the lid wouldnt even fit flush. I asked what to do and was told to just bounce up and down on the wires until the lid fit.1yr ⋅ midnightflamex ⋅ r/cablefail
Once upon a time this meter cabinet and power supply cabinet were at waist height. Now that new construction has finished and we failed to relocate it, I’m kind of screwed. Awesome.1wk ⋅ INGR355 ⋅ r/cablefail
Client: a friend of mine did all the wiring. I just need you to sign the papers for my insurance that everything fits the code.3mo ⋅ maecky1 ⋅ r/cablefail
Trying to trace a cable and used my phone as a periscope in a tiny access hatch3mo ⋅ sja5164 ⋅ r/cablefail
IT director of 20 years says he has no time to fix this. The small power strip buried down there powers everything from the modem, to the core switches.4yr ⋅ teladero1 ⋅ r/cablefail
I wonder why my professionally installed garden lights keep tripping the breaker.5mo ⋅ Dreselus ⋅ r/cablefail
The cable guy installed the cable through our hula hoop that we left out.2yr ⋅ links234 ⋅ r/cablefail
Cablers pulled copper over existing fiber jumper. Guess the copper sleeve color!7mo ⋅ jongaynor ⋅ r/cablefail
Wondered why nothing was showing on the WAN interface. It's Monday morning cut me some slack.1yr ⋅ FlyPolar ⋅ r/cablefail
Politics aside who tf does the IT work for the White House look at those cables1yr ⋅ TheBionicAnkle ⋅ r/cablefail
Production Data Center with millions of dollars worth of equipment1yr ⋅ Tehgreatbrownie ⋅ r/cablefail
One of 12 zone expansion modules (hanging exactly as it was found) in a 22 year old intrusion system we're trying to salvage, even though it's literally never worked. They're all like this.7mo ⋅ notbuttkrabs ⋅ r/cablefail
Power squids are old, get ready for my network squid (yes, it’s a productive system)10mo ⋅ gordonv ⋅ r/cablefail
this is submission is the nuclear opposite of this sub but too cool not to post --someone took twisted pairs cables to a whole new level8mo ⋅ Dataeater ⋅ r/cablefail
Had an engineering company bury conduit for a fiber run. This is how all the pull boxes looked like when the cabling contractor came in to pull fiber1yr ⋅ dat_finn ⋅ r/cablefail
Not sure what the problem is found on a TC after underground was replaced7mo ⋅ Drevlin76 ⋅ r/cablefail
Not my client nor rack, passed this by and just had to stare for thirty seconds in disbelief.2yr ⋅ gmerideth ⋅ r/cablefail
Customer: I know you guys are sending me weak signal because I don't rent your modem. My wiring is perfect my electrician friend rewired my whole house.2yr ⋅ The_Cable_Guy_ ⋅ r/cablefail
Two network drops “extended” into the building expansion. Never thought I’d see this in the wild.11mo ⋅ mikebellman ⋅ r/cablefail
3900 pair underground splice that got wet due to improper case sealing. the green on the plastic bits is corrosion that causes shorts, opens, and crosses.4yr ⋅ neatoburrito ⋅ r/cablefail
I was helping my dad change the AC unit in his house and found this unique wiring choice1yr ⋅ SartheFirst ⋅ r/cablefail
My Company paid US$2000 for a DMARC extension into our space. It failed the first day we tried to use it. I found out why.4yr ⋅ 121mhz ⋅ r/cablefail
The cables cut on the right used to be part of the cables cut on the left. They were active.4yr ⋅ pdrock7 ⋅ r/cablefail
Someone on site cut out the cable tray all our wire was pulled into...1yr ⋅ kreg_gneiss ⋅ r/cablefail
I'm new. Is it too soon to revolt? originally - I have found our king from Mar-19-2014.3yr ⋅ pctop64 ⋅ r/cablefail
Turns out I was the poor man to fix the cable run. Best I could do with what they gave me.2yr ⋅ hamburgersfordays ⋅ r/cablefail
Neither My Wife, Or The Teller Could Figure Out Why I Had A Horrified Look On My Face3yr ⋅ Sin2K ⋅ r/cablefail
Check for a bad fuse, if not probably a loose cable, shouldn't take more than 15 min - Service ticket1yr ⋅ NewEnglandAlways ⋅ r/cablefail
Client was wondering why the remote connection didn’t work, but it was plugged in on the other side2yr ⋅ vincenttech ⋅ r/cablefail
Unfortunately, an all too typical Comcast cable enclosure. I didn't open, it was left this way.1yr ⋅ slayer1am ⋅ r/cablefail
We were wondering why there was a low amp reading on one of the phases. I guess now we know.2yr ⋅ Dogbyt3s ⋅ r/cablefail
Was told to fix this monster without unplugging two switches worth of wires3yr ⋅ Powerpython ⋅ r/cablefail
