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Type of Cable to use for Sky

  • 04-05-2010 10:57AM
    #1
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hey. My brother is in the middle of building a new house and is at first fix stage with electrician. He's put in RG6u cable with the silver foil. I was told and read a lot about needing to use the cable with copper foil (copper on copper) cable which is what I used (CT100). I've also read that Sky banned the use of the silver foil type cable. Can anyone confirm or deny this or let me know if he's ok using that cable before they start slabbing. Cheers!


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  • #2
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭John mac


    as far as i know the tx100 is better than rg6, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055484933&highlight=ct100


  • #3
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,346 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    If its decent quality RG6 (and there are many I've seen that are not ) and the runs are less than 25m then you may get away with it. In all honesty though I really do not understand electricians using cheap cable , for the sake of a little extra you can get CAI approved cable such as tx100 which is A. Low loss B. well shielded so not interference from dect phones and C. Low smoke fire rated.

    Electricians should stick to electrical wiring and make a phone call if they are not sure of what cable to use for satellite .

    https://satellite.ie/



  • #4
    johnnyjb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 366 ✭✭johnnyjb


    Tony wrote: »
    If its decent quality RG6 (and there are many I've seen that are not ) and the runs are less than 25m then you may get away with it. In all honesty though I really do not understand electricians using cheap cable , for the sake of a little extra you can get CAI approved cable such as tx100 which is A. Low loss B. well shielded so not interference from dect phones and C. Low smoke fire rated.

    Electricians should stick to electrical wiring and make a phone call if they are not sure of what cable to use for satellite .

    :eek: Some one was f ed out of it by a big bold sparky before:mad:


  • #5
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    johnnyjb wrote: »
    :eek: Some one was f ed out of it by a big bold sparky before:mad:

    He's totally right, the number of times I've seen (new) houses with that rubbish unshielded cable! :mad:


  • #6
    St Senan
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 3,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭St Senan


    gtg60 wrote: »
    He's totally right, the number of times I've seen (new) houses with that rubbish unshielded cable! :mad:

    +1


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  • #7
    St Senan
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 3,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭St Senan


    Electricans run the cable but dont have to make the tv system work. The amount of times i come across a customer saying that the Electrican has the Tv cabling done for you so the job should be handy.
    YEAH RIGHT the majority of the time all the cables are ran back to an Internal wall in a utility room Instead of the ATTIC. So can a Electrican tell me how the hell can a Aerial rigger get a cable from a chimney or satellite dish to an internal wall in a utility room. All registered Electricans were sent a memo from ECSSA in the year 2001 stating what was needed for a tv system in new builds. http://www.ecssa.ie/modules.php?op=modload&name=Newsletter&file=preview&id=8


  • #8
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,346 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Yep but it still says RG6 is ok so they get the cheapest crap RG6
    they can find in most cases.

    scaller wrote: »
    . All registered Electricans were sent a memo from ECSSA in the year 2001 stating what was needed for a tv system in new builds. http://www.ecssa.ie/modules.php?op=modload&name=Newsletter&file=preview&id=8

    https://satellite.ie/



  • #9
    St Senan
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 3,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭St Senan


    Tony wrote: »
    Yep but it still says RG6 is ok so they get the cheapest crap RG6
    they can find in most cases.

    +1


  • #10
    kbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭kbell


    Or rg59 as I've seen in some houses.


  • #11
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,346 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Very true

    kbell wrote: »
    Or rg59 as I've seen in some houses.

    https://satellite.ie/



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  • #12
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,173 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    kbell wrote: »
    Or rg59 as I've seen in some houses.
    :eek: Worse again (though not as bad as that garbage single screen stuff that is usually brown).

    At the very least, I'd like sparks to install at least 2x TX100 (or equivalent) drops and 2x RG6 drops to the main TV point, usually in living room. With RG6 drops everywhere else. It wouldn't cost much more to even just have 2 drops in a house.

    Naturally, of course, I'd like to see all new builds have TX100 througout, but the above would be a help :)


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