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PSA: My boss told me to always use a toner on a new drop and I finally get why
He said 'you'll save yourself a headache later' and I brushed it off for months. Last week in a Denver apartment complex, I spent two hours chasing a dead line in a bundle of twelve. If I'd toned it at the tap, I would have known it was cut in the wall right away. Anyone else have a simple tip they ignored until it bit them?
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brooke94510h ago
You think a live line means everything's fine? A line can test live at the tap but have a break ten feet in. That's exactly what the toner catches. You're not just checking for power, you're proving the whole path is clear. Skipping it is how you end up tracing a dead line through a whole bundle later.
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Honestly, I've skipped the toner step plenty of times and been fine. It feels like extra work for a maybe problem. Like, if the line is live, you're good, right? I get it saves time when there's a fault, but most of the time everything works. It just seems like one of those things people say you must do, but in the real world you can often get away without it.
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