 RickNYPremium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY | RG-6QDB, dual-runs? I recently had to do a side job in Muttontown ($$$$$$) to install 2 MoCA adapters in a house of a long-time customer. They have underground utilities, and I was surprised to see that Cablevision had supplied them with two drops coming up from the ground (which made my MoCA install a bit more complicated, since the location of each adapter would be on the opposite drop if I didn't swap cables around).
Anyway -- trying to figure out what type of cable it was that CV ran to the house.. It was very thick, and I am assuming that would be RG-6 Flooded or RG-6QDB for direct-burial. Is this correct?
Anyway, I didn't take pictures (I should have). One drop came up on the side of the house, through the grounding block and attached to a 2-way splitter outside of the house (one leg went to cable modem, one went to basement cable box). The other drop went through the grounding block and attached to a 3-way splitter right next to the first one..
Anyway, for the two MoCA adapters, I was able to swap cables from one of the splitters to the other, so that my MoCA adapters were on the same drop - and on the input side of the two-way splitter, I installed my PoE MoCA filter. I just never had seen that type of cabling before, let alone, two drops to the house. Is this common?
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| Sure it's not RG-11? My 350 or so foot underground run is RG11 (it was actually hardline at some point - still have the old cable going through the wall - must have been damaged before I moved in and was replaced by RG11). The neighbors run is about 100-150 feet longer and is hardline (thicker and much more sturdy than RG11 - neeeds a patch cable to hook it to the pad)
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said by RickNY:I recently had to do a side job in Muttontown ($$$$$$) to install 2 MoCA adapters in a house of a long-time customer. They have underground utilities, and I was surprised to see that Cablevision had supplied them with two drops coming up from the ground (which made my MoCA install a bit more complicated, since the location of each adapter would be on the opposite drop if I didn't swap cables around).
Anyway -- trying to figure out what type of cable it was that CV ran to the house.. It was very thick, and I am assuming that would be RG-6 Flooded or RG-6QDB for direct-burial. Is this correct?
Anyway, I didn't take pictures (I should have). One drop came up on the side of the house, through the grounding block and attached to a 2-way splitter outside of the house (one leg went to cable modem, one went to basement cable box). The other drop went through the grounding block and attached to a 3-way splitter right next to the first one..
Anyway, for the two MoCA adapters, I was able to swap cables from one of the splitters to the other, so that my MoCA adapters were on the same drop - and on the input side of the two-way splitter, I installed my PoE MoCA filter. I just never had seen that type of cabling before, let alone, two drops to the house. Is this common?
Rick
I was able to get two (2) new drops run to my parent's house in Muttontown with the help of Wilt, after the landscaper sliced through the existing ones while planting trees. Their utilities are underground as well & with so many outlets in the house the 2 RG-11 lines run are needed otherwise signal issues pop up at various outlets. |
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I have 2 buried drops at my house. I believe it's RG-11. It's much thicker than standard RG-6, and it's got some goo in it which, I assume, is for weatherproofing. |
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RickNYPremium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY | reply to RickNY
Yeah, I looked up pictures of RG-11.. Thats definitely what it was --- and with some sort of water insulator goo protruding from each of them.. Thanks.. |
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