TIL that over 40% of service calls I run into are from bad connectors, not bad cable

Was reading through a training manual from Belden last week and they said most signal issues come from the connector termination, not the cable itself. That stat really stuck with me... makes you wonder how many hours we waste swapping cable when the real problem is a loose compression fitting. What do you guys think, should we be spending more time on connector training or is the cable quality actually worse than they're saying?

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river_rivera4513d ago

Yeah that "over 40% of service calls" stat is a bit misleading. It's actually closer to 60% of signal issues coming from bad terminations according to most industry reports.

brookethomas13d ago

Yeah that tracks with what I've seen on job sites too. It's rough when you gotta redo someone else's work because they rushed the ends.