Why does nobody ground their drops anymore?

I swear half the new guys I see out here are just running coax straight from the tap without bonding it to the ground block first. Did a service call yesterday in a house where the customer's modem kept frying during storms, and sure enough the drop was just sitting there ungrounded from 3 years ago. It takes like 5 extra minutes to run a ground wire to the rod or the meter pan. I know it's a pain when the ground rod is on the other side of the house, but it's code for a reason. Anyone else dealing with sloppy installs that skip the bonding?

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nathan_torres3420d ago

Man is it just me or does it feel like nobody takes pride in their work anymore? I feel for that customer, having to replace gear because someone was too lazy to spend 10 minutes doing it right. I had a buddy who lost his whole home theater setup during a storm a couple years back, and when I checked his drop it was just laying there on the roof with no ground at all. Drove me nuts knowing a $5 ground block and some wire could have saved him like two grand in electronics.

eva_lewis21d ago

Three years with no ground and they're wondering why their modem's getting fried? That's insane to me. I've seen drops that weren't bonded cause the whole cable line to act like a lightning rod straight into the house, blowing out TVs and routers. It's literally five minutes with a clamp and some wire, there's no excuse for skipping it unless you're just lazy or don't care about the customer's gear.