Running a coaxial for Virgin Broadband

Big hungry bear

I’m currently renovating a house and want to move my internet access point. I want to run the cable from the outside of the house to the new point myself while I have the walls open and floorboards up. Will most coaxial cables be suitable for the job? I have Sat100 CoAx available.

Thank you!

KeRbDoG

WF100 seems to be the preferred cable type

Seems the only difference between SAT100/CT100 and WF100 is that WF uses foam for better "outdoor endurance"

TAFKAlawhec

WF100 or PF100 coax cable would likely be the most ideal. Not familiar with this "Sat100" coax cable, an internet search appears to say that it is a rough equivalent of the old CT100 coax (CT100 coax hasn't been manufactured now for over a decade, be very wary about anyone selling you "CT100" coax, it might be genuine old stock but it's more likely to be stuff that is being sold on as "equivalent", more likely to be a cheap RG6 cable). It's likely to be OK as long as it isn't manhandled or abused badly when being installed.

Indeed the main difference between the old CT100 and the current WF100 coax cables is that the CT100 had an air-spaced plastic dielectric (the space between the copper inner and the outer braid & foil) while the WF100 has a foam-filled dielectric. In terms of "outdoor endurance", the main advantage of WF100 over CT100 is that if sunlight or abrasiveness cracks the PVC jacket of the coax cable where the braid is open to the elements, water getting past the copper shielding into the air gaps of CT100 cable has an easy path to run down the cable (and even up it with capillary action) into the connected tuner with predictable results. With WF100, such moisture will simply be readily absorbed with signals attenuated in the cable, the more moisture absorbed the greater the losses but it is much better at stopping water getting to the tuner for a longer period of time. Also WF100 is better at being subjected to kinking and crushing, especially if a workmans' size 12's tramp down on the coax in some place like an attic.

Not sure if this is standard practice in the south, but in the north and over in Britain, Virgin Media installers use a special type of RG6/WF100 type cable that is "flooded" meaning it incorporates a gel where if it's exposed to air it acts to seal up cracks in the coax cable jacket. It's only used outdoors as if the coax catches fire, fumes from the gel release noxious gas.

ED E

TAFKAlawhec wrote: »

Not sure if this is standard practice in the south, but in the north and over in Britain, Virgin Media installers use a special type of RG6/WF100 type cable that is "flooded" meaning it incorporates a gel where if it's exposed to air it acts to seal up cracks in the coax cable jacket. It's only used outdoors as if the coax catches fire, fumes from the gel release noxious gas.

I've a ~yr old install with cable flung over the pitch of the roof, can check its markings for a spec during daylight.

The Cush

Any of these CAI Cable Type 100 (CT100) benchmarked cables will do the job