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Stop using compression fittings on aerial drops in cold weather
I was in upstate New York last December fixing a line that kept losing signal after every freeze. Swapped out the compression connector for a heat-shrink weatherproof type and the problem vanished completely. The compression ones just can't handle the ice expansion inside the connector body. Anyone else had better luck with shrink-fit on exposed lines?
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skyler_adams18d ago
Yeah, the ice expansion thing is real. I've seen it crack the plastic body right at the base on a few jobs in Vermont. I switched to the shrink-fit style with the adhesive lining a couple years ago for any exposed drops and haven't had a single callback. Those rubber inserts in the compression connectors just don't seal right once they've been frozen and thawed a few times.
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abby30818d ago
Ask @skyler_adams if the adhesive lining actually holds up after a few freeze cycles?
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