Tuesday, December 30, 2008
TV Installation Tip: Don't bend your cables
Whether it's HDMI, coaxial, component, whatever, it's always a bad idea to have hard bends in your cables.
Within that smooth, flexible rubber outside is some kind of copper (probably) wire or wires, and these can easily break if you bend the cable to far or at too sharp an angle. Sometimes the cable's innards are a bunch of wires around a central core, and each one of those little wires can break. This can impact on the quality of signal transmission along the cable.
If you must use twist ties or lock ties to contain the extra cable length, keep your loops fairly loose and do not tie the ties too tightly. This too can cause damage to the inside of the cable. Actually, it's best not to coil the wire at all, so try to pick a cable length that is long enough for what you need a maybe a foot or two longer.
Within that smooth, flexible rubber outside is some kind of copper (probably) wire or wires, and these can easily break if you bend the cable to far or at too sharp an angle. Sometimes the cable's innards are a bunch of wires around a central core, and each one of those little wires can break. This can impact on the quality of signal transmission along the cable.
If you must use twist ties or lock ties to contain the extra cable length, keep your loops fairly loose and do not tie the ties too tightly. This too can cause damage to the inside of the cable. Actually, it's best not to coil the wire at all, so try to pick a cable length that is long enough for what you need a maybe a foot or two longer.
Labels: televisions, TV
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