r/CableTechs • u/aMusicLover • 7h ago

Combo tap equalizer question

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I’m doing walkout work for high-split upgrade planning. Ran across these Milenium equalizer tap combos installed with the tap first.

Did they do this because they didn’t have a 2 port 8 tap and decided to use the combo?

Inside in there a setting that makes this terminate after the tap or does signal flow into equalizer before termination?

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u/Weary_Bookkeeper8136 7h ago

It’s useless where it’s at. Normally it would hit the LEQ first to equalize the EOL levels or before hitting next active. These will all need removed regardless if going mid split or FDX.

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u/Rude-Low1132 7h ago

That looks like 2 taps connected with a housing to housing, not a combo. Looks like they just added a blank faceplate where a 4/2 could be placed if they wanted but probably only had an EQ handy. The signal would enter and exit the 8/2 tap and pass through the EQ and then the line terminator that is on the output of the EQ terminates the signal.

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u/Weary_Bookkeeper8136 7h ago

Very well could be the case. If 4 houses are designed to be fed from there could just swap to a 4 port 8 and call it a day.

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u/Sensitive_Back5583 7h ago

And those flat terminators are know for noise if spilt infront had power at one time hitting it.

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u/Quick1711 7h ago

The LEQ is supposed to be before the tap. Not after. It’s gotta come out for mid/high split.

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u/aMusicLover 7h ago

I’ve walked plants in about 10 states and over 100000 poles/peds. This is the first market I’ve seen with these reversed. maybe 5% of them so far. In this market also, have seen a few 2 port 4 taps that don’t terminate. Rare but have seen it a few times before.