On July 25, 2014 at 17:56, Craig Aguiar-Winter said...
I have compression fit BNC connectors for both RG6 and RG59. So that's not an issue but you make a very good point about the flexibility of 59 vs 6.
The cables won't look unsightly if I splice and run separate power. The splices won't be visible and the cable will be hidden as well.
I have the butt splice connectors for the power but I usually solder and shrink those types of connections.
I came up empty from all of my usual suppliers for extension cables under 100ft. I looked at the cost of 500ft of RG59 Siamese and it's not as much as I thought but I would still have 400ft that I'll likely never use.
Well, I guess I'll have 400 ft of cable I won't use. Anybody in the Caledon area want to buy a partial roll of Siamese cable?!
Rather than solder, you could look for the HeatNSeal butt splices that use low temperature solder in the ferrule as well as the glue. I used them when I worked on boats and they're good. Not cheap, but the trade-off is parts cost vs time spent soldering/wrapping/waiting. NAPA sells them and some of the electronics parts places do, too.
Boat manufacturers usually use a regular, cheap butt splice and they last for years, if not decades, without problems. It's amazing, but true. I would never use them if I was a manufacturer.
