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

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Nym" <spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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?

You mean the one on the other side of the building where the electrical
service was, or the one that wasn't there anywhere near where the cable guy
brought in his cable?