Aerial cable question
Aerial cable question
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Etretat

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1,848 posts

246 months

Friday 13th November 2015
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Just got a wall bracket for a TV which permits it to come out from its alcove and swivel through 90 degrees. The aerial cable is sat dish cable (coax plug type)which apparently is low loss.
My question is; will the movement of the bracket break the cable. I know the old type coax had a solid copper core which I think would break. Or is there a different type of cable that I need to buy?

Super Slo Mo

5,374 posts

222 months

Friday 13th November 2015
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No it'll be fine. We coil and uncoil solid core coax all the time and it lasts for years.

VEX

5,259 posts

270 months

Friday 13th November 2015
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Yep, no issues at all, don't cable tie it to tight to the bracket let it move flex a bit as the bracket pulls in and out.

V.

Etretat

Original Poster:

1,848 posts

246 months

Saturday 14th November 2015
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OK thanks for your replies, plan to fix it up this weekend

sjj84

2,396 posts

243 months

Monday 16th November 2015
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Should be fine, I have a bracket that swivels out of an alcove too, been fine for over 3 years with a number of cables going to it.