Tidying Up.......

[Doggerel]

I've got a three cable setup from dish to reciever. Originally I had one cable secured to the outside wall with the other two sort of piggybacking off the original with cable ties. It never looked other than untidy. So........... now committed to satellite after a years trial.....

The best I could find having visited plumber/electrical outlets was 25mm electrical conduit. Its for internal use but I can't see that as a problem. The 90 degree bends have a 3" radius so no sharp bends to scrape off the soft protective covering of the individual cables. You could get four cables in there with no problem.

To get from dish to reciever in my setup goes through four 90degree bends over about 5 metres. Even one cable couldn't be fed from one end to the other in an assembled system is my guess. So you set the pipework up sans cable. Take it all to bits, then fit it all together bit by bit with the cable installed 'as you go'. A bit of vasaline or somesuch on the joins allows disassembling and keeps water out.


I'd quite like to 'Tidy Up' where the three cables exit from the inside wall to join their recievers. At present there is a bit of conduit just short of the internal wall.

[Robbo]

An 'external c@ble entry cover' perhaps?

_http://www.brymar.co.uk/acatalog/Satellite_Installation_Kits_25.html

(Remove the initial "_" and cut and paste into browser)

[Doggerel]

Link doesn't work but will have a roam around the site - thanks.

Was thinking about making a hole in a standard blanking plate, covering the hole with thin rubber [cycle inner tube?] then piercing three holes for the cables.

[Mship]

I've used one of these cable entry covers, they're OK apart from being a bit flimsy :

I used the battery drill to tighten the screws on mine and ended up splitting it

Strangely, they only have knockouts in two corners :? So I ended up adding another two myself just to get it to sit straight on the pebble dash.

Looks OK once it's on though

Kev