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This is more a report than a question.
I noticed some weeks ago that there was a rusty mark just below my aerial socket. This is on the wall some 30 feet below a chimney-mounted aerial.
The cable from the aerial loops well below the socket and comes up the cavity wall to the socket.
It's pouring outside just now.
I heard a little oozy squeak from time to time from the general direction of the aerial socket.
At last I thought to take the socket off the wall to have a look.
The water is trickling gently down the INSIDE of the aerial cable and dripping into the cavity.
Tonight it is dripping into a tub placed below the removed socket.
Tomorrow I will remove the wire from the outside (we've gone cable long ago and the aerial is no longer in use).
As I've never come across this before, I thought I might as well mention it here to see if this is a first - and possibly to help someone else who may be puzzling over a mysterious damp spot near their aerial socket.
I noticed some weeks ago that there was a rusty mark just below my aerial socket. This is on the wall some 30 feet below a chimney-mounted aerial.
The cable from the aerial loops well below the socket and comes up the cavity wall to the socket.
It's pouring outside just now.
I heard a little oozy squeak from time to time from the general direction of the aerial socket.
At last I thought to take the socket off the wall to have a look.
The water is trickling gently down the INSIDE of the aerial cable and dripping into the cavity.
Tonight it is dripping into a tub placed below the removed socket.
Tomorrow I will remove the wire from the outside (we've gone cable long ago and the aerial is no longer in use).
As I've never come across this before, I thought I might as well mention it here to see if this is a first - and possibly to help someone else who may be puzzling over a mysterious damp spot near their aerial socket.