Sky Cable Problem ...

pfrench

Hi - I had a problem with my Sky install last week ... Basically he couldn't pick up a signal from the house. The solution was to situate the dish about 150 metres from the house where there is a good signal.

The guy doing the install agreed to come back once i'd laid the cable to the required spot .... which i have done. BUT - the cable was slightly too short (5 metres or so) and my question is : Should i ditch the short cable and relay a new continuous cable? Or is it feasible to join additional cabling to what is there now? The "join" would have to be outside the house so i am worried about exposure to the elements and also loss of signal given that the dish is already some distance away.

Any advice would be appreciated !

mickeyboymel

Should be OK to join the cable using an F-type coupler and making sure the joint is fully sealed with amalagamating tape.

Ideally it ought to be a continious cable.

pfrench

Thanks for that - I'll give it a go ..... don't fancy relaying that cable

eoinm1

Hi Lads

I was under the impression that as digital sat. cable should not be over 30 m in length ans should be continious run.

mickeyboymel

Yes but you can get amplifers that go between the LNB and Reciever, and an engineer would surley have considered that fact before recommending a cable run of this length.

Can you get a roll that long ? 100m Standard??

I agree a continious run is better but a well constructed F Barrel joint would hardly loose that much, or would it?



Edit: I seem to have asked more questions than I actually answered.For future reference Mick,Stay quiet unless you know the answer!!!

pfrench

Just to let you know - I decided to relay the cable in the end ...... as its such a long run, i didn't want to risk any signal loss.

The Sky installer didn't seem to think there will be a problem, and the house next door has a similiar set-up.

Oh, and you can get 200m runs of the cable .....