In the USA, where they always install surge/overvoltage protection at the point where the phoneline enters the customer's building AND at the exchange/CO, it'll just make that protection do it's job and short out your neon transformer. In the UK, probably the same thing. Presumably the UK installs protection in the same location.

I've still got my old butt in the garage..don't tell my line manager

No Avo 8? :) Father was a jointer in Lambeth in the 70s.

Glad you enjoyed it!

They try keep you in the area for work you only go out of area when another area is struggling or behind or your area hasn't got enough work, not that often

@@jawaadahmed684 oh ok. What does the training comprise of. I'm assuming you need to study and attend tests.? Are you a trained fully qualified engineer? Tell me how it's like as a newbie?

@@iTheNem3sis 1 week in yarnfield health and safety stuff getting your clothing and equipment plus picking up your van then you'll be at your local training school for the rest of the training period about 6 weeks I joined just before the lock down now fully qualified, there's enough help with the company to support you

@@jawaadahmed684 what are your hours like. Routine etcetera. I thought Yarnfield was for 6 weeks phew. When you go to Yarnfireld. How is it like? Where do you stay for a week?

@@iTheNem3sis yarnfield isn't the best place but you can get though it easy, 8 till 16:10 first year is Monday to Friday then you can choose what rota you want to be on

The Clock is king.

@@thePeterpumpkin68 that's why openreach engineers bugger off and run when a fault gets tricky! Because their managers (Who have absolutely no idea) are chasing them for 4 plus faults a day, amatuers now a days

You can't compare a 9083 with a JDSU because they are different beasts doing different things. The 9083 is for testing the integrity of the pairs, connectors etc with the skill being able to interpret the analogue dial. The JDSU is a TDR looking for impedance mismatches with the skill being able to interpret what the reflection from the event means. On a day to day basis doing Telco I would pick up the 9083 but there are weird faults that a 9083 simply can't find and you need a TDR but these are much rarer occurrences.

@@trollobite1629 try finding an earth fault with a JDSU, I've been on sites where openreach say "Line testing good!" Yet there's noise on the line or earth hum etc. each to their own but I'd put my fauls finding skills up against ANY new openreach engineer and just by using an SA9083. I seem to spend lots of my days clearing up after openreach

@@ivoruren3086 Got back and read what I posted. I made it clear that a 9083 is for finding leaky pairs and is the goto choice if any decent engineer for *standard* faults. If Openreach _engineers_are using the JDSU for pairs leaking to earth then they ought to be shot 😃 because TDRs are best for the distance to an open or a short circuit or an impedance mismatch. Out of curiosity, the next time I find a leak to earth on my 9083 I'm going to wack my TDR on it to see if it can find it 😃 If it makes you feel better it's not just Openreach with skill shortages on the 9083 it seems it's across the industry. I work with guys who, for the last 20 plus years only use their butt phones for mo noise tickets and swear by their technique but in truth, they do that because they don't know how to use the 9083 😐

Depends on what you're doing

He's an Openreach Field Engineer

Get wet.

@@Friel744 and curse a lot

And get shocks

Then they go on the road and die. Are you for real ?

@@siedliko lmao

@@siedliko it's because of him we have ridiculous health and safety bullshit to deal with

H&S mangers, reps etc are the cause of this great country getting pussified!!!

At VM on all new broadband and phone installs the phone line is VOIP. We are also actively moving customers away from the unreliable copper network and migrating them over to VOIP if they have broadband which most do. One less potential phone related trouble call at each address.

@@KZfaqSupportTeams And that's the way it should be done. Although I'd rather they just go FTTH everything and scrap copper so we can just go onto the net directly, but maybe that's something to do in the next 10 years.

@@Pieh0 In our region we have more FTTH on the network now than HFC.

@@Pieh0 www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/retiring-the-copper-network

or dog shit/piss sitting right in front of the cab doors to greet you

I like the 301C cuz you can eat your fish and chips off it - its nice and flat. Battery clips are weak on it though so you have to wedge cardboard in to stop the C-cells coming loose.

True but who was responsible for raising the youth of today? YOUR generation, buddy.

@@WillyJunior we used to be called "youths in training" it was a gpo joke .

E side is green and d side is blue :)

@@k1ngd0mh34rts That is how it should be, but in the real world, try it both ways, and while you are at it, try going 10, 50, 100 either way. I am not criticizing, but take everything with a pinch of salt until you have confirmed everything yourself.

@@MrDickBills wherever your fast tone from the house is coming out is your D side. Your CPI tone is your E side.

Qland22 Wow you sure are ignorant

Have you changed your phone 😁