[Shop-talk] Repairing/re-attaching coax line

[Arvid]

Scott,

Try to determine why kind of coax it is. It should be written on the 
outer shield.

After that you should be able to Google for the correct connectors and 
YouTube demo's on how to install them.

As an example, when I installed my satellite dish I used RG6 Quad 
Shield. That also seems to be relatively popular CATV cable. But there 
is also an RG6 Dual Shield which, I am assuming, would look similar on 
the outside but is certainly not the same on the inside and takes a 
different connector. And your cable not even be RG6 ANYTHING so look first.

Anyway, once you figure out exactly what cable you have then take the 
environment into consideration. Do you need weatherproof connectors? Are 
there any support issues? That kind of stuff.

Note that there may be some special tools to make the stripping and 
inserting into the connector much easier. I've actually had better luck 
... though it took a while ... stripping the coax by hand than I did 
with the inexpensive coax strippers that I bought but the 'pusher' was a 
must-have in my opinion. So you may get to buy some tools you don't 
already have but will hopefully never need to use again.

Other than that I can't think of why you can't do it yourself. Of course 
any laws, regulations, ordinances, contract agreements, etc. that you 
violate while doing so are on you ;-}

Arvid


On 10/21/18 11:51 AM, Scott Hall wrote:
> Guys, not particularly shop related, but I trust you guys more than 
> Google.
>
> Hurricane Michael knocked over a tree at the house. That tree ripped 
> the overhead Concast coax line running to the house. It looks exactly 
> like you'd think it would--ripped apart on one end.
>
> The other end has a connector on it. Looks like the push version of 
> what you connect to the t.v. box in the house
>
> Can I trim the ends and install a new connector on the ripped-off end 
> and connect them? If so, anything I find on Google will do?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
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