Dual Box or 2 Singles For Power and Coax?

[Richard]

Hello all

I have TV power coming down to my wall mounted LCD TV fom upstairs (spurred from a socket) and also a coax lead which provides sat,TV and FM signals. I'm going to chase the cables into the plaster but wondered what would be the best solution for a back box for the power socket and the aerial and FM wall plate. Would a dual box back be a better solution than 2 single boxes, it would certainly be tidier, or would the power cause interferance for the coax cable and result in bad reception?

TIA

Richard

[Lurch]

On 15 Feb 2005 15:26:30 -0800, [e-mail] (Richard) strung together this:

Ah, here we have the North\South thing again.

If I'm down South a dual metal box gets me a box into which a dual socket fits, i.e. a 2 gang 13A socket.

If I'm up North a dual metal box would get me a metal box into which I could fit 2 x 1 gang accessories.

I'd go for the Northern option, all the boxes I've ever had have had a metal strip inbetween the two halves so there isn't any inteference. This is removed for non-intefering applications.

[Bob Eager]

I hope the cables are well separated.

If there is no divider, it's unlikely to meet the regs.

[r.rain]

By what distance is well seperated? its double shielded coax cable CT100 spec.

Thanks

Richard

solution

[r.rain]

I must admit it confuses the hell out of me. I bought a load of dual boxes once thinking my double sockets would fit but they were too big

I'll look for the divider type

Thanks again Lurch

Cheers

Richard

[Bob Eager]

AFAIR, 50mm. No doubt someone else will chip in...