how to repair cut TV ariel cable??

edmond · 25 Nov 2005

moved into my new house, and noticed when i connected the TV to the ariel there was no picture, i thought what the hell i have sky i can watch the channels through that,
however when i was in the loft i noticed the ariel cable had been cut in half by the pervious owner,
my question is what is the easiest way to repair this?
i have tried to connect the two sections of wire with the connectors you noramlly get with a ariel cable kit, but this has not helped.

Spark123 · 25 Nov 2005

Use a male and female coax plug to do the joint (or two males with an adapter.)

bathjobby · 25 Nov 2005

i have tried to connect the two sections of wire with the connectors you noramlly get with a ariel cable kit, but this has not helped.

Not helped ? in what way ? no change ? Are you sure this cut wire is feeding your socket and there is an ariel on the other end of it ?
Have you made good connections on your repair i.e. the coaxial sheaths are connected together, the signal wires are connected and not touching the sheathing ?

edmond · 27 Nov 2005

as far as i know all connections are fine,
i do get a picture but it is bad

kendor · 27 Nov 2005

maybe the signal wasn't that good to start with? or the aerial isn't positioned correctly?

JohnD · 27 Nov 2005

You will get some signal loss with every cut and connect. It's possible the previous user had something connected in there - a bigger aerial, or an amplifier. Can you see the aerial at the end of the second piece of co-ax, and does it look modern, and quite big? You may need to tinker with its direction. Are you in a big town, a rural area, or near hills?

Beefcake daddy · 28 Nov 2005

It may be the cable was cut to add a booster into the line due to poor signal, previous owners tend to forget about them until moving day and chop them out instead of unwiring in the rush to get out...

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