Re: question about burglar alarm dispute (San Francisco Bay Area)

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Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>> Driving a new grounding stake and connecting the block to it cleared
>> things up, but apparently that sort of hands-on troubleshooting was beyond
>> the thinking of all the younger, fresh-out-of-tech-college technicians
>> they'd sent out previously.
>
> Reminds me of when I had a cable modem installed in my old office.  The
> installer put a nice pretty ground block on the outside of the building,
> then punched a hole in my wall.  I went out and said, "There is a reason for
> putting a ground block in you know."
>
> He replied, "Yeah it protects the equipment inside."
>
> "Yeah, it needs to be ground to work though."
>
> Deer in headlights look.
>
> LOL.  I called the cable company and made them come back out to drive a
> ground rod and ground the block.
>
>
>
what was wrong with the ground rod that was already there?