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Coax cable beside mains electricity

  • 05-03-2010 8:14pm
    #1
    azzeretti
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    I have a garage at the side of the house, about 30 foot up the garden. I am thinking of mounting a large dish on the side of the garage and running the cable back to the house. There is electricity running to the garage feeding from the top of the house, in the air (if you know what I mean) and ends at the gable end of the garage.

    Does anyone see any problems, with interference etc, with running the satellite cable up the same route as the electric? It will be pretty much tapped to the power cable which is sheilded at the moment.


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  • #2
    Tony
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    What satellite cable are you using and what shielding is on the power cable?

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  • #3
    azzeretti
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    Tony wrote: »
    What satellite cable are you using and what shielding is on the power cable?

    Haven't selected a satellite cable yet and I have no idea what cable is there for electricity. An electrician installed it, looks pretty thick though!


  • #4
    Tony
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    azzeretti wrote: »
    Haven't selected a satellite cable yet and I have no idea what cable is there for electricity. An electrician installed it, looks pretty thick though!

    You need to contact the electrician or find some other means to identify what type of cable it is. Low voltage and high voltage cables should be separated by a physical barrier for safety reasons. if you use poor quality satellite cable you may also suffer signal degradation.

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  • #5
    azzeretti
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    Tony wrote: »
    You need to contact the electrician or find some other means to identify what type of cable it is. Low voltage and high voltage cables should be separated by a physical barrier for safety reasons. if you use poor quality satellite cable you may also suffer signal degradation.

    Will do, thanks Tony.

    The garage only has one light and 4 sockets, if that helps.

    Maybe I'll give him a shout and find out.


  • #6
    ISAA
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    All power cables give a magatic field, (induction) so they may effect a certain frequency, as a result you could lose signal.

    I would suggest placing your satellite cable at least 1/2 metre away from power cables, and use a good quality cable CT100/WF100 triax.

    Regards,


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