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I finally found the problem in a 1970s apartment crawlspace after 3 hours of looking
The coax run was stapled directly over a main water pipe, and the constant condensation had corroded the line completely. I had to reroute everything from the tap, which added another 2 hours to what should have been a 30 minute outlet swap. What's the longest you've spent tracking down a single hidden fault?
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caleb_sanchez6mo ago
Ugh, my record is a full day chasing a bad splice I'd made myself.
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emeryp236mo ago
Remember thinking most faults would be obvious. Spent a whole weekend once tracing a weird electrical hum in my old car. Turned out to be a tiny ground strap behind the engine block that looked fine but was totally shot. Now I assume the problem is always in the last place I look.
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