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The $50 cable tester that sat in my truck for 6 months before I actually used it
I picked up a Klein Tools cable tester on sale back in April because my boss kept complaining about network drops in the office. It sat in the passenger seat collecting dust until last Tuesday when I finally had to trace why a security camera was flickering. Turns out the problem was a pinched wire behind a drop ceiling tile that I could have found in 10 minutes with the tester. Instead I spent 2 hours swapping cameras and checking connections before I remembered I had the tool the whole time. Anyone else let a solution sit around way longer than they should have?
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rosel832d ago
Why not just test the cable first and save yourself the hassle?
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blairm352d ago
Yeah, "save yourself the hassle" sounds good in theory for sure. But I had a buddy who tried that logic last month and it backfired on him. He bought a cheap little continuity tester from a gas station, tested the cable, got a green light, hooked everything up, and it still didn't work. @rosel83 turns out the tester would pass anything, even a frayed wire. He ended up swapping parts for two days before someone with a better meter found the problem. So sometimes testing just gives you a false sense of security, you know?
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