tv cable senetor vermont

[giant]

any advice as how to thread the tv cable from the outside post to the tv , i have been putting it through front window , its kinking the cable and is it damaging the seal? brian

 

[Hamer_5041128]

Brian,

Untill i purchased caravans with an external aerial socket fitted in the battery box below the mains cable connection, i always used to fit one myself in this position. I then fed the cable round the caravan, under the bunking to the television. The reason the socket is in the battery box is to protect it from the weather. I have fitted externel sockets this way for a few friends.

Hamer

 

[kenny_374425690]

Brian,

Untill i purchased caravans with an external aerial socket fitted in the battery box below the mains cable connection, i always used to fit one myself in this position. I then fed the cable round the caravan, under the bunking to the television. The reason the socket is in the battery box is to protect it from the weather. I have fitted externel sockets this way for a few friends.

Hamer

In my battery box, there's a grommet at the rear (located beside the 240v plug socket) The manual states it's for an after market solar panel if desired.

So surely you can drill through and then using desired hole cutter to suit required grommet size to resolve your problem. saves tampering with exterior sides and expense of fitting ext. t.v. socket.

Rgds

Kenny

 

[Hamer_5041128]

Kenny,

Brian will still need an exterior socket to connect to either his aerial lead or the bollard connection. By fitting the exterior socket in the batteery box there is no need to tamper with the exterior of the caravan as the aerial lead goes thruogh the cut out in the battery box lid as does the mains cable.

All that is required is a hole the size of the aerial cable drilling in the battery box. most external sockets come with ample aerial cable attached to feed round the inside of the

caravan.

My dealer fit many in this way and my Swift Conqueror 655 came with one already fitted in this way by Swift.The one Swift fits is actually a digital satterlite connection but comes with a conertor attached for analoge.

Hamer

 

[giant]

cheers guys, will take all your info onboard . brian

 

[stu658]

Brian, In my last two vans i have fitted the tv cable in permanently, it has taken me about an hour each time but well worth it in the long run and easy enough for anyone competent with basic tools. The job is made easier if you have an onboard water tank as there is an overflow pipe which passes through the floor and is an ideal entry point for the cable, then just feed it behind cupboards, there is usually a gap to allow other cables waterpipes etc to pass, if need be unscrew door plates to hide cable and make a proper job of it. In my current van which is an Elddis Crusader with the tv unit in the middle on a turn table, i removed the wooden section at the back which houses the power socket, held by screws, drilled an hole through the wood and fed the cable through it, leaving enough spare to reach the tv. Fed it down to floor level and then left the rest of the cable rolled up under the bed out of the way. when i want to plug in i push it out the hole in the floor which is under the bed and pull enough coax out to reach the bollard. An easy job and works well for me. Just an idea for you to mull over and hope with a bit of routing you can adapt to your own van layout.