[mythtv-users] Picture Bars - Was: Electrical power in my cable

[Brian Wood]

Leigh Porter wrote:
> Andrew Burgess wrote:
>>>> So from a homeowners perspective, check all the connections and
>>>> fittings, properly terminate all open splitters and make sure the ground
>>>> block is working and installed correctly.
>>> That's about it, except checking for dog chews, squirrel damage or young
>>> children using your cable drop as a swing.
>> A friend who does network installs for a living learned the hard way
>> that you always wash you hands after eating and before installing cable.
>> We're in a rural area and the rodents feasted (or thought they were)
>> on his brand new cat5 cable :-)
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> This is easy to cure. You use STP and attach the shield to a electric
> fence generator..

The problem there is that Cat5 is unshielded.

beww