What cable do Telewest run from the box on the outside wall to their decoder on the inside?
I need to lay some whilst the ceiling are down so that if I ever get cable TV (or a TV) there will be no mess to the decorations.
Thanks
Adam
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:49:31 GMT, "ARWadsworth" had this to say:
Almost any 75 ohm cable, such as CT125, would do. Your best bet might be to find a Telewest installer who might give you a length (of cable, that is!).
Alternatively, you could lay conduit, so that if the eventual cable goes faulty it can be readily replaced.
In article , Frank Erskine writes
They are concerned about "egress" from their systems, so a very good spec foil shielded cable is used. As Frank sez cadging a lump off their installers might be a good bet, they often have odd bits....
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I tried that and they wouldn't play ball. In the end I laid a draw-wire and had the floor up at selected trouble spots the day they came.
Well worth it - can't stand exposed wires tacked along the skirting board.
I also will not accept cable tacked to the skirting. I have a concrete floor and the TV decoder will go in the centre of the house in the old fireplace so a draw wire in conduit will probably not work on such a run.
Adam
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Neither would mine - which is why I had the floor up at the awkward bits and draw-wires for the rest.
You can have a point located near the edge of the house and then just extend at your leisure in whatever decent cable you like (i.e. CT100) with a couple of plugs on each end. There's no actual requirement to have the cable inlet box next to the decoder.
Christian.
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:00:42 +0100, "Christian McArdle" had this to say:
How do you fit a couple of plugs to each end of a cable? I've only managed one to each end.
:-)
Clearly, some of us are more skilled. ;-)
Christian.
I pulled up at the roadside to ask a telewest engineer who was working on one of their the green boxes. He said they use WF100. I can find PF100 and CT100 but not WF100.
Adam
In article , ARWadsworth writes
Its a supposed better version of CT100 . It does exist!....
Figure of 8 cable. 8-)
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:22:32 +0100, had this to say:
Pedant.
Or pendant, even, if you've got two core cable :~)
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Inspection (with naff bulb)
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:16:51 +0100, Guy King had this to say:
Anglepoise
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