Posted on 12/11/2017 17:10
Need some advice please .
Off tomorrow on a 11 day 4 site trip visiting family first stop Huntersmoon site .
The other 3 sites are CLs , this will only be our second stay on a club site in 15 years .
We are adviced that we will need a TV booster , and told 25 mtrs is usefull , they don't keep them for hire or sale , so its coax cable and what plugs a male and a female ?
Thanks
Posted on 18/11/2017 08:50 by ocsidYou can readily buy adaptors to convert each way between coax and the so-called "F" connections so can use whatever coax cables are integrated into the van build.
Just be alert to the "gender" of the adaptors you need. You might need to buy female to female or male to male "F" couplers, these are sold by Screwfix etc.
One of the many sources is B&Q;
Posted on 30/11/2017 18:55
You can make life very easy with a bit of thought.
You need to find somewhere to bring the cable into the van. If your TV sits over your battery box or you can run a cable from the battery box to the TV location under seats/cupboards it is easy. Toddle down to Screwfix and buy a 25m reel of PF100 cable, a bag of TV aerial plugs, a bag of F-type plugs, and a bag of F-type back-to-back sockets.*
Drill a 9mm hole in the side of the battery box adjacent to and above the height of the mains connector. *If you have no other need for back-to-backs then you may do better to buy a pair from Maplins or B&Q and get the type with a fixing nut. Its a pain but a pack of two may cost you as much or even more than a pack of ten from Screwfix but those don't have fixings.
Fit a back-to-back in the hole and screw it tight. Inside the caravan make up a cable that will reach easily from the connector on the battery box to the TV and install it. Terminate one end in an F-type plug and screw it to the bulkhead adapter. Terminate the other end in a TV plug (known as a Belling-Lee plug) and plug it into your TV.
Outside terminate the remainder of the cable with a F-type on one end to connect inside the battery box and put a TV plug on the other end to connect to the power pillar.
You will be able to find details of how to make up the plugs on line very easily.
Note: it is a good idea to run your TV cable and power cable round the far side of the power pillar before connecting, then if you or anyone else trips over it it will not pull the cable out of the plug or the plug out of the socket. If the TV connection on the pillar is exposed put a plastic bag over it to protect it from rain.
wye
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