How not to join an external coax cable and other how not to photos

***Vipersan*** · 4 Weeks Ago

You may well be right CH ...but sometimes a purpose made device thats simple and reusable is a plus ..

I remember having to bind all my f connectors with amalgamating tape in the past ...then I discovered gel filled f clip covers.
A positive bonus ..if like me ..you're always swapping lnbs.

maybe these things just take a while to catch on...
rgds

**Llew** · 4 Weeks Ago

I run some of my cables under guttering - in the garden. Some lengths I found in a skip

**Channel Hopper** · 4 Weeks Ago

My wife found me in a skip (only once, I've managed to avoid her since)......

**4dbennett** · 4 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by wod

its also sky installers some not all, that dont know how to run a cable properly as my mum has the sky cable running in the guttering as they was too lazy to run it around the house, it still works surprisingly, which i'm going to sort out and run it over the roof to front of house which will mean i can take couple of metres off it

Are there any problems with running it over the roof???,

I bet roofers curse this type of cable run

regards dave

***Tivù*** · 4 Weeks Ago

Well yes - apart from the unsightliness of it, cabling laid across eg Concrete Pantiles without the benefit of being secured in several places, can, will and does abrade.

That leads to reduced life, either by causing electrical discontinuity or by allowing the ingress of water through damaged outer insulation. Capillary action then takes over and can creep very quickly along the cable, often as far as the Receiver input.

The poor practice of slinging cables willy-nilly over roofs is something that a competent Installer will avoid.

Sky, however, along with their sub-contractors, appear to have a time led imperative that precludes thought and care being brought to bear. And for nonsensical reasons (although they wrongly blame Health & Safety requirements) they don't like internal cable runs through roof spaces.

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