Fixing My Nieghbours Sky+
 

Well My Nieghbours Sky+ is playing up and I went into the back garden to see Chav's that hang around outside have severed the Cable running down the wall... What do the police do.. **** all

First things first Sky said It'll cost him So i said *******s ill do it

1) Is it coax cable.
2) Just to confirm you need Two feeds running from the LNB to the Box?

Re: Fixing My Nieghbours Sky+
 

If it's sky+ then yes two feeds are needed. Any decent quality sat cable will do, just make sure it's 75ohm and preferably double shielded.

Just be aware that there is a voltage running on that cable (no where near enough to harm a person, but any shorts could blow the LNB power supply so make sure that the box is turned OFF (NOT STANDBY) before you do any work on the cable

Re: Fixing My Nieghbours Sky+
 

Yep gotcha Thanks for your help Turned the box off Going to get a good 10 metres of cable lol

Starting at 12ish so will Update when i finished to Hopefully say It was Succesful

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Just be carefull when at the dish...

1# it tends to be a few metres up and a drop that far can injure you..
2# Try not to move the dish at all as even half a degree can make a difference between a good or bad signal

Re: Fixing My Nieghbours Sky+
 

Is it a fairly neat cut? If so you could get some F-Connectors and Couplers and then its just a case of making the joint rain proof, the Twin cable Sky+ uses is pretty expensive

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It might be an idea to cover the cable with some protection up to chav height if that's where they tend to loiter.

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If it's being recabed then probably best to reroute than either rejoin or recable in the same place :tu:

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Nah when im finished im getting some metal casing And screwing it all to the wall... Its similar to the Office casing on walls.. Covers the wires

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and the chavs will get an axe lol

Re: Fixing My Nieghbours Sky+
 

Do you think it would be illegal to make it live? 240 Volts would help deter anyone from tampering with it. :D

Added benefit of stopping dogs p!ssing on the side of your house.

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Yep, I found that as soon as you make something secure the idiots will take it as a challange...

---------- Post added at 11:50 ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 ----------

Errrr, NO...

But a sign saying danger live high voltage cables might work :)

Re: Fixing My Nieghbours Sky+
 

Lmao Im finished Now Thanks for All your help. Perfect Signal Job done :)

got the casing up too...Difference is Someone is always in One of these houses So im sure we will hear chavs giving it a go :)