Re: Detecting where a coax cable goes to

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the cable was daisy chained as was the custom years ago, there could
be a splitter at every outlet. My last house had a run with 9 splitters
in it. Needless to say, it didn't do very well with a broadband
connection!

From:RobertM
reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

> CJT wrote:
>> bruno.lerer@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry for the newbie question, but what happens if there is a
>>> splitter? Also, is possible to tell - and if so, how - if there are
>>> one or
>>> more splitters between the attic and the room?
>>>
>>> And, another also, will the presense of one or more splitters affect
>>> the other approach suggested by others on this thread
>>> (volt-ohm/multi meter)?
>>>
>>> At least thehick's other idea - using a portable tv - should still
>>> work...
>>>
>> If there's another splitter, then it depends on the particular
>> splitter in question -- some will pass DC, others won't.  If it
>> doesn't pass DC, then neither the buzzer nor the meter will register
>> the battery's voltage.
>>
>> As for using a TV, it'll introduce some ambiguity there, too, since
>> you might have two (or more) equally good signals.
>>
>> If you have the same number of wires in the attic as wall
>> connections, there's probably not another splitter.
>>
>
> If there were more splitters, it would be unlikely that they would be
> hidden away somewhere. Splitters and connectors do occasionally fail
> and they would have to be accessible for service. Depends on the
> intelligence of the installer.
>
> Bob