Re: Detecting where a coax cable goes to

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On 21 Jan 2006 15:38:48 -0800, bruno.lerer@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>I have what I think is an unsual question which I couldn't find an
>answer to: in my attic there is a coax splitter with several coax
>outputs to coax cables which snake into the ceiling and disappear in
>the boweles of the house. They are all of the same color and have no
>identifying marks.  In the house itself, there are coax jacks in
>several rooms.
>
>And now the question: is there a way to determine, without buying
>expensive equipment, which cable in the attic leads to which room?
>Since not all coax jacks in the rooms are connected to a tv, it's not
>just a matter of disconnecting one cable after another from the
>splitter and seeing which tv loses its signal

Unless there is a complet floor in the attic, I would follow the wires
into the ceiling, lifting the insulation a bit until I find where they
go down into a wall, from the top.  In the attic, a wall looks like
the broad side of a 2x4.  The wire is not likely to stray too much
once it heads into the wall.   The ones you can't trace this way, you
can trace with the other methods given.

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