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Used a new camera scope on a 1920s flue in Cincinnati and the video feed just went black halfway up.
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paule531mo ago
You started a camera in a 1920s flue and are surprised it went dark?
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hall.nora28d ago
Did you check the connection at the control unit first, @aaron176? I had a similar issue with an old masonry flue in a brownstone, and it turned out the dust had worked its way into the junction box and shorted the pins. You'd think these newer cables would be sealed better, but that fine old soot gets everywhere.
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aaron1761mo ago
That "video feed just went black" thing is the worst. Had the same panic last month on an old chimney in Philly. Turned out the cable had a tiny pinch from a past collapse we couldn't see. We got a flicker, then nothing. I started carrying a backup cable with a different connector now, just a cheap one, and it saved me last week. Always check the cable connection at the control unit first, it's so easy to bump it loose.
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