f plug wall sockets

Am I right in thinking many of these are basically a "through
connector", so you need a central cable entry to be able to push
slack back through the wall ?

TIA :-}

On Mar 4, 11:34*am, Colin Wilson wrote:
Am I right in thinking many of these are basically a "through
connector", so you need a central cable entry to be able to push
slack back through the wall ?

TIA :-}

Your premise is correct, but the supposition based on it isn't. Yes
that's one way to do it, but really you need a deep enough backbox to
accommodate a turn of cable. Otherwise later removal of the socket
would be awkward. If you are drilling through to the outside seal the
hole or the backbox will end up full of creepy-crawleys.

Take a look at this very old item:
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/referen...let-plates.pdf

Bill

Your premise is correct, but the supposition based on it isn't. Yes
that's one way to do it, but really you need a deep enough backbox to
accommodate a turn of cable. Otherwise later removal of the socket
would be awkward. If you are drilling through to the outside seal the
hole or the backbox will end up full of creepy-crawleys.
Take a look at this very old item:
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/referen...let-plates.pdf

Cheers for that, for some reason I thought they all come as I
described as a through-connector - creepy crawlies wouldn't be much
of a problem as it's on the first floor :-}

Now all I need to do is sort out the spalled brickwork when A.N.Other
(seriously, not me !) drilled through from the inside out, when I
said it should be a central hole...

On Mar 4, 2:31*pm, Colin Wilson wrote:
Your premise is correct, but the supposition based on it isn't. Yes
that's one way to do it, but really you need a deep enough backbox to
accommodate a turn of cable. Otherwise later removal of the socket
would be awkward. If you are drilling through to the outside seal the
hole or the backbox will end up full of creepy-crawleys.
Take a look at this very old item:
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/referen...le-outlet-plat...

Cheers for that, for some reason I thought they all come as I
described as a through-connector
Some makes have the rear 'f' connector at a right angle, so it lays
flat. Some makes have a saddle/clamp connection.

- creepy crawlies wouldn't be much
of a problem as it's on the first floor :-}
Oh blimey don't you believe it. Earwigs seem to climb until they reach
the very top. I've found them in junction boxes at the highest point
of multistory blocks. And spiders make their nests in LNB horns (the
open type).


Now all I need to do is sort out the spalled brickwork when A.N.Other
(seriously, not me !) drilled through from the inside out, when I
said it should be a central hole...
You can get a cover plate, but an alternative is to make one from a
plastic lid. Paint it the right shade of terracotta. Alternatively use
brown silicon sealant.

Bill

You mention creepy crawlies, well on an old installation where the cable
came in through a hole in the window frame, it turned into a tunnel for the
local ant population to go on vacation in the house.

Brian

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"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
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Your premise is correct, but the supposition based on it isn't. Yes
that's one way to do it, but really you need a deep enough backbox to
accommodate a turn of cable. Otherwise later removal of the socket
would be awkward. If you are drilling through to the outside seal the
hole or the backbox will end up full of creepy-crawleys.
Take a look at this very old item:
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/referen...let-plates.pdf

Cheers for that, for some reason I thought they all come as I
described as a through-connector - creepy crawlies wouldn't be much
of a problem as it's on the first floor :-}

Now all I need to do is sort out the spalled brickwork when A.N.Other
(seriously, not me !) drilled through from the inside out, when I
said it should be a central hole...

On Mar 4, 4:10*pm, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
You mention creepy crawlies, well on an old installation where the cable
came in through a hole in the window frame, it turned into a tunnel for the
local ant population to go on vacation in the house.

Slugs are a problem with cable entries low down.

Bill

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
...
Your premise is correct, but the supposition based on it isn't. Yes
that's one way to do it, but really you need a deep enough backbox to
accommodate a turn of cable. Otherwise later removal of the socket
would be awkward. If you are drilling through to the outside seal the
hole or the backbox will end up full of creepy-crawleys.
Take a look at this very old item:
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/referen...let-plates.pdf

Cheers for that, for some reason I thought they all come as I
described as a through-connector - creepy crawlies wouldn't be much
of a problem as it's on the first floor :-}

Now all I need to do is sort out the spalled brickwork when A.N.Other
(seriously, not me !) drilled through from the inside out, when I
said it should be a central hole...

Ignore Pikey Bill Wright with his amateurish home-made F-outlet bodges. There's
no real advantage to having a 'straight through' outward-facing cable entry
because, as he himself admits, a loop of cable is still needed inside the
backbox to provide slack for possible removal/replacement of the outlet 'face'
plate at any later time.

Companies like MK and others sell quality F socket outlets with either
horizontal or vertical cable entry, suitable either for coax entering a recessed
backbox via conduits in the wall, or (as in your case) a loop which then leads
directly outside.
Watch out for cheap and nasty coax cable though - it will almost certainly kink
when you try and make the loop, and kinks will degrade the signal.

On Mar 4, 8:27*pm, "jamie powell" wrote:
"Colin Wilson" wrote in message

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Your premise is correct, but the supposition based on it isn't. Yes
that's one way to do it, but really you need a deep enough backbox to
accommodate a turn of cable. Otherwise later removal of the socket
would be awkward. If you are drilling through to the outside seal the
hole or the backbox will end up full of creepy-crawleys.
Take a look at this very old item:
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/referen...le-outlet-plat....

Cheers for that, for some reason I thought they all come as I
described as a through-connector - creepy crawlies wouldn't be much
of a problem as it's on the first floor :-}

Now all I need to do is sort out the spalled brickwork when A.N.Other
(seriously, not me !) drilled through from the inside out, when I
said it should be a central hole...

Ignore Pikey Bill Wright with his amateurish home-made F-outlet bodges. There's
no real advantage to having a 'straight through' outward-facing cable entry
because, as he himself admits, a loop of cable is still needed inside the
backbox to provide slack for possible removal/replacement of the outlet 'face'
plate at any later time.

Companies like MK and others sell quality F socket outlets with either
horizontal or vertical cable entry, suitable either for coax entering a recessed
backbox via conduits in the wall, or (as in your case) a loop which then leads
directly outside.
Watch out for cheap and nasty coax cable though - it will almost certainly kink
when you try and make the loop, and kinks will degrade the signal.

Colin, please ignore jamie. He's an insufferable knowitall and seems
to have a think for Bill.
Perhaps he was abused by an older relative as a child (not that he
appears to have grown up much)

"Mike" wrote in message
...

Colin, please ignore jamie. He's an insufferable knowitall and seems
to have a think for Bill.
Perhaps he was abused by an older relative as a child (not that he
appears to have grown up much)


Colin, please ignore Mike. He's a ****.

On Mar 4, 9:51*pm, Mike wrote:
Colin, please ignore jamie. He's an insufferable knowitall and seems
to have a thing for Bill.
It's a crush, a father figure thing. He's seen pictures of me you see,
and understandably he can't resist. He'll grow out of it. The constant
railing against my wise words is just juvenile attention seeking.

Perhaps he was abused by an older relative as a child
That's what happened to Vlad the Impaler, and he didn't turn out very
nice either.

Bill