RE: Is B&Q sat cable ct100?

["Stuart Worrall" <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for the replies everyone.

I might just have a word with the installer to see if I can run his cable
through the loft as it will make it much easier for him to do the rest.  my
only puttoff about it is that my father-in-law has recently had multiroom
intalled and they put in some white twin coax which was very thin.  havent
seen inside the cable so I cant confirm if its shielded or not but Id hope
it is!=20=20

Ill get some of that cable from TLC as I need to do some other runs around
the house later anyway and if the cable from sky is crap I can always
replace it with the tlc stuff.


PS, I did search the archive first and noticed the thread cambell pointed
out but the stuff in B&Q now isnt marked as dct100. the only code it
has is
some random B&Q numbers and it just says "sat cable" on
it.=20

Thanks again

Stu

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jim Noble
Sent: 27 January 2006 08:56
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Is B&Q sat cable ct100?

Stuart Worrall wrote:
> Hi
>
> Ive got sky coming on Saturday to put in a 160 box so the old plus
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> is going in the bedroom.  As I don=92t want holes and cables
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> im going to run it through the loft to where the LCD is on the wall=20
> and let the cabler connect the ends.  Ive seen sat cable in B&Q
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> for =A314.99 per 50m roll but im not sure if its ct100 and im wasting
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> money on it.  Anybody know?  Its black and described as sat cable
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> an aluminium looking shield inside?
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Ouch.

www.tlc-direct.co.uk ~=A320 will get you 100m of PF100:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Index/Cable_PF/index.html

Copper foil/braid screen, and a foam insulator (resists water ingress
better).

Jim


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