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Re: Sky Digital wiring woes


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  • Subject: Re: Sky Digital wiring woes
  • From: "bquinn123456" <bquinn@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:26:16 -0000
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No kinks... and no shorts.... nothing else running on the cable...

i'm running out of ideas.......

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@a...> wrote:
> My setup is similar to yours, although the total length is approx.
30m. 20m
> of "good" quality CT100 to node zero, in-line F-plug connector then
10m of
> B&Q "CT100", in-line F-plug connector (@ the wall plate) then a
short patch
> lead into the digibox.
>
> Just one further thought - check to see there aren't any kinks in
any of
> your cables. When I first put my dish up I couldn't get a signal at
all. I
> presumed it was due to trees so moved the dish. When I recently
removed the
> cable I found a _massive_ kink in it. Whether this was the cause of
no, or
> it really was the trees I don't know, but might be worth checking.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim H.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bquinn123456
>
> Thanks Tim,
> I'd say the max cable run is 40M.
>
> I done the continuity test's using a coax testing kit. (one box
> connects to one end of the cable and sends a pulse down the cable.
> Then a second unit checks to see if there is a pulse). that test
was
> fine.
>
> Thanks for your explanation of shorts testing... saves me looking
in
> the wardrobe!!
>
> Cheers,
> Brian Q
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@a...>
wrote:
> > Brian,
> >
> > Sounds like you've got a fault in your 'wiring' somewhere. CT100
> should a
> > good enough spec. How long is each cable length ? How are you
> joining the
> > lengths of cable together ?
> >
> > Re: testing for shorts (no...the other kind ;-) ) Here's how I do
> it.
> > Disconnect the cable from the LNB and digibox !! I set my
> multimeter to it's
> > "continuity" setting then test it beeps by touching the probes
> together.
> > Next I test that it's "sensitive" (?) enough by touching the
probes
> to
> > either end of a single strand of copper braid (some of the stuff
> that
> > invariably comes off when fitting the F plugs. Next, carefully
> touch one
> > probe to the centre conductor and the other to the outer case of
> the F plug,
> > there should be _no_ continuity observed i.e. no beep. re-check
the
> meter by
> > removing the probes and touching them together (as per the first
> test) the
> > meter should beep again. Check each length of cable individually,
> then check
> > two lengths together, then the whole run.
> >
> > Incidentally, how did you check for continuity in the first
place,
> and are
> > you sure you didn't just prove you've got a short ?
> >
> > Finally, I don't think a regular aerial booster will be much use.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Tim H.
> > (no satellite expert, just what I've picked up as I go along)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bquinn123456
> >
> > I used CT100 that's good enough right?
> >
> > Would a standard aerial amp be of any use to boost the
> > signal?
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@y..., "Dave Marley" <dave@d...> wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "bquinn123456" <bquinn@i...>
> > > > Dave,
> > > > Is there anyway I could boost the signal? in case the cable
> > > > run is too long?
> > >
> > > Yes, I think you can get amplifiers, but I don't know much
about
> > them.
> > >
> > > Having read your original message again, I notice that you
aren't
> > even
> > > getting a signal in your wiring closet. What sort of cable is
> used
> > from the
> > > attic to the wiring closet? It may be worth getting some good
> > quality
> > > satellite cable and wiring straight from your dish to your
wiring
> > closet
> > > (and ideally down to the sitting room with no connectors if
that's
> > > possible), or at least replacing the attic -> wiring closet
cable
> > unless you
> > > know that it's good quality.
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> >
> > +
>
>
>
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