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I want to move the entry point of the Sky cable from one side of the room to the other. It would mean, I guess:
- taking the end connector off the existing cable
- pulling the cable out of the the existing entry hole
- extending the cable (how do I do that?)
- running it round the external walls
- drilling a hole at the new entry point
- poking the cable through
- putting the end connector back on
Have I missed anything? Anything I need to watch out for?
Alternatively, any Sky fitters in the Chelt/Glos/Ciren/Swindon area fancy a bit of, ahem, 'freelance' work..?
Rather than have a join, I'd buy a new length of cable and run it from the dish to where you want it to go.
second the new length of cable, cable is cheap enough and joining it would be a cludge.
Once you have the LNB open its obvious how it connects.
You phone them up and ask them to push a bit more through from their end.
[i]You phone them up and ask them to push a bit more through from their end. [/i]
Yeah, very good, I'm not that stupid. That's cable telly.
[i]Once you have the LNB open its obvious how it connects. [/i]
Brill. What's an LNB?
The bit the wires go into on the dish (low noise block)
All you'd need to extend the existing cable, if you don't fancy climbing ladders etc to replace the whole cable, is an F type barrel and a couple of F type connectors. The F type connectors just screw over the sat cable once you've stripped some of the insulation off. You'll find em at Amazon or eBay. Only a couple of quid. Then join with the barrel. No special tools required.
New cable preferable, you can do this yourself fairly easily,
Things to think of are:
You'll need some self amalgamating tape - this is fairly expensive usually but worth it - if you drop me an email actually I can stick some in the post. You don't need much but it's essential for sealing the f connector at the lnb. You just stretch it around the join and it'll prevent water ingress.
Same applies around the f-connector join, if you go down that route (but I wouldn't bother as others have said - it could work, but you'll be annoyed if you've wasted that money on the cable and it's losing too much signal).
An f-connector fitting is easier than a normal RF lead - have a peek at the existing one and it'll make sense - don't have a single strand of the outer touching the inny bit though as it'll attenuate and bugger the signal up.
When you drill hole, drill in > out (sorry, probably obvious).
Also when you feed the cable into the hole, make sure to add a drip loop, so basically you make sure that the cable goes north into the hole - so any rain doesn't drip down the cable and have a chnace of getting in to your hole *s*****
Stick some stuff into your hole to seal it up. *guffaws*
Actually, I've still got a fair amount of CT100 cable left from when I ran my new aerial in at home, so if you're near W.Yorks you're welcome to some.
EDIT: Sorry, just seen your location. Still drop us an email if you fancy some of the tape (you definitely will need it one way of t'other)