Tv point help

[Welshsparky]

Got a customer who is adamant he has 2 Tv coax's buried in the wall and he wants to find them. What would be the best method to do this?

 

[trev]

Can the entry point be seen from outside?
Best starting point I can think of.

 

[Welshsparky]

Cables come from the loft , He can see were they drop down but he wants to keep damage to the wall to a minumum, He's hoping to locate the exact position they were cut!

 

[OhmSweetOhm]

Tell him you're not prepared to do it as you can't see it being possible without a decent amount of mess?

 

[sedgy34]

Got a customer who is adamant he has 2 Tv coax's buried in the wall and he wants to find them. What would be the best method to do this?

hammer and chisel

 

[Plonker 3]

Cables come from the loft , He can see were they drop down but he wants to keep damage to the wall to a minumum, He's hoping to locate the exact position they were cut!

So he must have a rough idea where they are then?

 

[KennySparky1984]

depending on what scenario you have a magnet to find the box ? i assume its a ground floor and no access on top ?

 

[Welshsparky]

Magnet... Good idea!, He mentioned sending a signal down the cable and using a cable finder down below? I tend to mess with Tv's so im not sure if its achievable?

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Dont tend to mess*****

 

[killeen]

Cables come from the loft , He can see were they drop down but he wants to keep damage to the wall to a minumum, He's hoping to locate the exact position they were cut!

Are cables damaged? Cable tracer prob be your best option there then

 

[jimj]

you can use a tone tester and hopefully you can pick up the tone through the wall/ plaster. if not then its get a hammer and get him to show you where to smash!

 

[Moses]

Remove all the aerial leads from all the TV's and at the wall outlets.

Remove the Aerial cable at the aerial, and isolate from elsewhere.

IR the core and the braid at 250v wrt earth.

If IR > 22K then connect the Braid to the mains, through a 22K 3W resistor, and trace using a cable finder.

 

[grantr37]

get him to rent a fluke cable finder for a day (the small one) it puts a tone down and uses non-contact finder unit to beep out the cable....

 

[Moses]

get him to rent a fluke cable finder for a day (the small one) it puts a tone down and uses non-contact finder unit to beep out the cable....

Its ok to use when you have CAT5/Telephone cable and you can touch(the insulation) them with the probe.

Its not sensitive enough to pick up the signal under plaster.

There is no harm in trying though.

 

[Guitarist]

If the cable can be pulled up then you can measure it, cut the hole, then push it back down.

 

[Rockingit]

Remove all the aerial leads from all the TV's and at the wall outlets.

Remove the Aerial cable at the aerial, and isolate from elsewhere.

IR the core and the braid at 250v wrt earth.

If IR > 22K then connect the Braid to the mains, through a 22K 3W resistor, and trace using a cable finder.

Are you seriously suggesting that you recommend to a customer to go buying resisitors and a decent helping of Heath Robinson??????? What planet you on mate???!