Hi, I am wondering how to add in a new sky plus tv point to an installation. Obviously I know how to run the double cable(unsure of correct name) ans connect at new position end, it's just the connection behind the existing tv ie at the existing box I am unsure of how to do? Can u just split as...
I dont normally install coax systems hoiwever im renovating my own place so wanna do all my own.
Requirments:TV point in 2x bedrooms, 2x TV points in lounge.
I dont have any sky,virigin,bt etc but i would like to wire it so i coulkd have thius at a later date.and be viewed in...
Greetings.
I have a few questions about satellite and freeview.
I have a freesat dish and also an aerial on the roof on a property and I want to make sure they are working OK.
I have connected up the freesat using a Goodmans free sat box that is not particularly reliable so I am ditching the...
Hello All
Can anyone recommend a tried and tested loft aerial for digital freeview please? It doesn't have to be anything fancy.
Gone are the days when you could use a coat hanger.
Cheers
Hi Chaps...
Just want see if there is a bit of kit out there that I would be able to test co-ax points with once I've installed them. To check the signal is good and that the TV will work.
Bit tricky carrying round a spare freeview tv in the back of the van thats all.
Cheers Sy....
During a PIR on a domestic dwelling before a cu change i tested IR on the board found 0.28Mohm between L-N. N-E and L-E were 75Mohm and 55Mohm, isolated eached circuit and traced it to the upstairs lighting. Re-tested on this circuit but still low between L-N, double checked all loads had been...
Hi all I would like to know best way to wire aerial points for 4 tvs
2 bedroooms, 1 living room and 1 in kitchen
should i fit aerial in loft take main coax to a splitter/booster then do individual drops to each tv
Is it acceptable to take supply from upstairs lighting for booster but use a...
Hi all
Can I talk about aerials on here?
I cant find an Aerial Forums . co .uk lol
I need to replace my old brown aerial lead from the loft to lounge as it is old and not the best and I look to upgrade the actual aerial soon so new aerial would like a nice new cable
I attached the new...
I plan on installing 4 new tv point in a house. I intend on running 4 seprate coax to each point and then connecting to a 4 way splitter. from the splitter to a booster and from the booster to the aerial. Does this sound the best way of doing this?? Robo
hi i want to find out how 2 wired up (all in one house , one family) a 5 or 6 phone points , and a 5 0r 6 tv or sat points (i'm not sure what " do with tv/sat , what the best way ? please help
If you had a socket and a tv aerial socket next to each other would it cause any interference to the aerial if you ran the cables side by side? Or should they be kept separate?
Hello all, I am a newbie.
I'm looking for some advice about a wall-mounted 5 amp socket.
In a room in my parents' house there is a wall mounted 5 amp socket, of the three round pin type (I think it's called BS 546). The house was recently rewired and refurbished so the installation is...
Hi have been re-wiring a large house in wansworth common and they have asked me to suggest a good aerial for satalite viewing, anyone had an experience with these, any help will be appreciated
I've got a question for anyone who knows anything about lightning strikes & conductor rods:
I live in a four storey council block (around 100 flats in building) in London. Recently the council hired contractors to install around 20 lightning conductors from the roof down to the ground (it's a...
Just to let everyone know I'm now up to Domestic installer status passed 17th and Part P last week so am now well on my way to becoming a fully blown electrician, got 2391 booked up for april and NVQ soon.
Was hoping to start up self employed doing domestic electric,cctv, aerial and AV fitting...
Had a bloke call me and ask for a socket and tv point on the wall so he could hang his tv on there. I quoted him £65 as it was all stud wall. ariel above room and socket to spur off of.
Nice and simple.
He called me today upset as his wife complained I did not hang the tv for them. the...
Gents,
Ive got two aeriel sockes one in the lounge and one in the bedroom, they each have a lenght of aerial cable running from them to the loft, the two wires each have a connector on, which is plugged into an aerial splitter, which then has the cable running to the aeriel which is in the...
Chaps,
Just a quickie,
I have been asked to look at a block of 9 flats that require standard TV aerial points in each flat.
Anyone have any recommendations on tv boosters and the like?
Been using the SLx range, but would like something of a little more quality if such a thing exists...
Chaps,
Doing an extension at the mo, and part of the spec was a TV point in the kitchen.
No probs, or so i thought.
Basically, TV drop lead straight into a tv outlet in the current dining room.
Over the years, the client has added 2 more outlets by connecting 3 cables, inc drop lead...
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