two questions on CATV drop

[skip555]

I have a good customer who had me out to his house becouse his guys had cut the CATV drop I ran a temp drop to get his internet up for him but I have some questions as to proper finishing

1. I used rg6 quad shield, can this be buried or is there direct bury cable we should use ?

2. the reason the cable was cut was for the installation of pavers . so the direct path to the utlity drops no longer exists . can I go to the closest corner of the house then up the wall and under the eave to grounded splitter or should I ground the buried cable as soon as it reachs the house . ( which would require establishing a new ground ) ?

 

[wires]

Call the cable company. Usually they will fix it for free.

The other option is to install conduit (24" down see the NEC) and have the cable company put a new coax in the conduit. The cable prior to the subscriber ground block is (in most cases) the responsibility of the cable company.

No need for quad shield. A good foil and 90%+ braid will do fine. If the cable is going to be buried then direct burial cable is a must.

All grounds must be connected.

 

[skip555]

I suspect it has been cut more than once , so maybe the cable company wont do it free

Cutomer is frugal (im being nice here ) , runs a construcion company and had tried to have his guys do it but couldnt get a signal (probably becouse it was 59 cable with screw on connectors )

my ground question was weather it needs to be grounded as soon as it reaches the house or weather it can run around the eaves and be grounded before it enters the house

the cable the cable company had buried didnt look any diffrent than the regualr Rg6 so thats whay I asked about buried .

I will suggest cable company to them and see what they say

not a job I particularly want but I do all his busineess so Im willing to help out to keep him happy

 

[ISDNman]

Coax Shield makes a very good sponge. This is why you need to cover weather-exposed RJ connectors with a hood or coax-seal.

I would be very wary of burying any coax that is not specifically rated for the task.

 

[skip555]

I used hoods on the connectors

I called graybar and the sales rep couldn't find a direct bury rg6 said he never had anyone ask before.

 

[bkrike]

Here is a link to a commscope direct bury spec

http://www.mjsales.net/items.asp?FamilyID=197&this_Cat1ID=267&Cat2ID=70

Maybe you can get a part number for Graybar

 

[fz6yamaha]

Hey cabelguy speaking, I worked for comcast, the cable company will do it free not matter what, and if there is a charge would not be anything else than $19 (the only reason why you could be charge would be 'cause you were not nice with the cable guy-I charged just 3 customers in a 4 year period). The best cable to be buried is UNDERGROUND RG-6 or RG-11 cable, both come with some type of flooding inside (nasty and sticky).
Highly recomended for new installs, if you have to run cable from the feed to the house use RG11 if the distance is over 150ft, otherwise you will do ok with RG6.

 

[ISDNman]

I believe the grounding requirement is at the "point of entry", e.g. where it penetrates the building surface.