Any low voltage questions, I know a bit. I started out as a low voltage tech in my current company.

Still carry scissors and a punch tool? @Infineon

Always. Plus crimpers and a toner.

Always a fun time.

@Infineon dressing racks is so tedious. BTW have they made a toner that reads thru mag shields yet? I had a hospital contract years ago where a guy cut the labels off in the server room on cat6a with mag shields.... fml that was ridiculous to ID

Digital toners will. I use a pretty cheap toner from Fluke that will tone through anything. (Cheap by Fluke standards, at least)

That will read thru mag shields?

Yeah, I've even had it pick up through metal conduit and from behind 4 inches of concrete.

Holy shit

I've yet to find a place that won't pick up a wire.

Please shoot me the model info

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N2S6RPY?tag=price15591-20&ascsubtag=wtbs_5976d3d691ad221f1efeb225

I have the older model of this one.

Has RJ45 and RG6 barrel connectors

Well i know the toner im buying next time someone wants a needle in a server room haystack found

Will even test the line too.

My toner is for mostly tracing underground 120v-480v

I'm not sure if it's on this model, but mine also has plugins for banana clips

Yeah, the highest I'll touch is 220

And even then, I'm not supposed to

But even then it can be difficult to trace underground work

Its funny that people freak about higher V

Voltage and current are inversely related

Meh. It all shocks the same. It's just not under our contractor's license.

I hear that

Do you fusion splice also?

Not personally, no.

I can terminate fiber though.

I feel like i wasted my time with fiber, certs but rarely get the work for it

Sc and st?

Yeah, fiber's exploding around here so it's actually pretty easy to find work as AT&T is pulling it to all the current businesses and ressies

And usually just SC

But I've done fiber patch panels that are in ST

When i was in the military i worked with a system that was fiber for engineering spaces on an aircraft carrier. Got out and barely touched glass

Ha. I didn't do any of this tech stuff in the service. I was combat arms

Nice

Got out and needed a job. Got picked up for an IT help desk and worked my way up from there. Eventually outsourced and got into low voltage from there.

Well anything you can learn that will let you eventually contract is good imho

Beginner question here: I'm currently working on rewiring the lighting in my basement; at present it's a mess of different fixtures, wiring, and breakers. My question is how many 100watt bulbs can I run off a 10amp breaker. Ideally I'd like 9 or 10 lights; should I upgrade to a 15amp, or will the 10amp handle that load?