Coax Cable Coming Out Of Wall

The national electrical code requires that cabling must be removed if it isn t properly tagged for future use.

Coax cable coming out of wall.

Cables on the wall are often attached to a device like a television or stereo. I suspect that the coax which is feeding the tv s is not the same coax as is connected to the fios router. I d like to cut it and convert it into a wall outlet or at least cut it to just an inch or so and cap it with a female end. Check behind this device to see where the cables stem out from the back.

The end is male intended to go right into the tv modem cable box. I have a coax cable for cable internet just coming out of the wall like this picture shows. Coax cable really should have a 3 bend radius or it can cause problems. As with end coaxial cable connectors the threaded coaxial cable connectors on wall jacks computers and tvs must provide a solid path for the signal.

That would get rid of it and cover up any hole in the wall. Instead using a 7 16 in. Wrench turn the nut an extra quarter turn to snug up the connection. Mark a spot on the wall level to the cables.

It will go down the inside of the wall through the bottom plate inside the wall to the basement or crawls space and come out there. That connection is probably from a cable run that is some where split off the fios coax network unsure of which direction heads toward the fios connection point the cable at the floor or the cable in the wall and then backfed into the. There is no electric current on the coax cable. Once you ve marked the spot you need access to the wall.

If you want it in the wall you will need to either fish it yourself or have it done. Outside of that mandate there are other reasons financial legal and plain common sense to get rid of cables that are no longer needed the majority of the time my customers will call and say that it s in their lease agreement that they have to remove the cables when they. Most people finger tighten these connections but that just isn t good enough.