What is this cable?

[veedee]

I removed a blanking plate to find the pictured cable.

Can anyone tell what the cable/ what it is used for?

If it helps,

1. The unknown cable was placed next to a TV Aerial Socket

2. The cable is very thin. Thinner than a 0.5mm cable

 

[CBW]

Judging from what you’ve said and it’s appearance, I’d say coaxial cable.

 

[ericmark]

The 7 strands may me think a single wire, but next to a coax outlet one wonders if connected, so maybe an earth for a radio?

 

[Rodders53]

Judging from what you’ve said and it’s appearance, I’d say coaxial cable.

Not from what I see.
Looks to be 7 strands of some weird twisted copper look construction...

I wondered if it was a telephone external drop wire type of cable, but cannot see any pvc coloured pairs inside those protective strands...

Is there any writing on the outer sheath at all? A scale rule for diameter wouldn't harm - at a guess around 3 mm?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Could simply be a draw-wire - a cable left it the conduit, to enable another cable to be pulled in, if it is needed in the future.

 

[ericmark]

I wondered if it was a telephone

Oh I had forgot about them, the old party line telephone had an earth wire, not sure how it worked, but parents house the earth ran from phone to an earth stake.

Could simply be a draw-wire - a cable left it the conduit, to enable another cable to be pulled in, if it is needed in the future.

That seems most likely.

 

[SUNRAY]

Could simply be a draw-wire - a cable left it the conduit, to enable another cable to be pulled in, if it is needed in the future.

My instant reaction too

 

[Sureitsoff?]

From the pic it looks solid and stranded in one cable.

 

[SUNRAY]

From the pic it looks solid and stranded in one cable.

All I think I see is a single stranded 6491X.
I suspect it was put in as a draw wire to provide future services such as satelite, phoneline, Ethernet etc. from the loft area.

Where do you see a solid?

 

[Robin0577]

Any chance of a better picture? In the first pic, the one where it's not stripped, it looks as if it could be a figure 8 or shotgun style cable but that might just be shadows. A close up of the end against a ruler or tape measure would be good.

 

[SUNRAY]

From the pic it looks solid and stranded in one cable.

Any chance of a better picture? In the first pic, the one where it's not stripped, it looks as if it could be a figure 8 or shotgun style cable but that might just be shadows. A close up of the end against a ruler or tape measure would be good.

OK I see the issue with the shadow causing confusion... I assume it is just a shadow