Sat Cable Question

jeffred

Hi,

I'm installing a motorised system and due to the direction my house is facing I've to put the dish on the front of the house or I can put it on the back garden wall. What I wondering is if I put it on the back wall how can I hide the cable going back to the house? It's about 50ft away. Is the cable safe outside, I've ct100 (copper on copper) cable? Can the cable be buried ?

byte

I wouldn't recommend burying the cable uncovered. Use the black water piping,and feed the cable down it. It's pretty robust and hard to squash, when compared to the internal plastic pipes that are used (acorn piping). Then you could bury it.

jeffred

Thanks Byte, my other option is to route the cable along the wall back. In this case is it possible to attach the cable to the wall as is or would it need extra protection ?

byte

It may be OK as long as you think nothing will likely cause it to get squashed or cut.

kbell

If you go for the burying option, i'd run an extra cable or two.
It would save you digging up your garden in the future if you ever changed your system and needed an extra cable run.

ken

byte

kbell wrote:

If you go for the burying option, i'd run an extra cable or two.
It would save you digging up your garden in the future if you ever changed your system and needed an extra cable run.

ken

Yes, not a bad idea. Though a bigger pipe would be needed to carry 2 or more cables.

I know you already have CT100, but if you hadn't, I'd suggest CT125 over the distance.

jeffred

I still haven't decided what approach to use, but adding a second cable would be a good idea. My wife has aready sugested running a power cable also to put in some garden lights, so I'll have to make up my mind soon before this little project gets bigger !!

watty

I buried a 2" platic pipe in garden to take Sat, network, TV & phone etc to/from the shed at back to kitchen distribution point. I wish I had put a 6" pipe