Cable from dish to Sky box

Little Bubbles

I just bought a second hand sky box and want to replace it with my standard box. I know it needs a second cable and I want to do it myself. I went in to maplins and they have a 25M cable for 30 euro. Also Wicks have a 100M cable for 35 euro. Has anyone had any experience of using either of these cables.
Also is it easy to install.

Tony

Depends on what type of cable it is , 30 euro sounds expensive even for top quality cable.

Little Bubbles wrote: »

I just bought a second hand sky box and want to replace it with my standard box. I know it needs a second cable and I want to do it myself. I went in to maplins and they have a 25M cable for 30 euro. Also Wicks have a 100M cable for 35 euro. Has anyone had any experience of using either of these cables.
Also is it easy to install.

Irish Fire

Little Bubbles wrote: »

I just bought a second hand sky box and want to replace it with my standard box. I know it needs a second cable and I want to do it myself. I went in to maplins and they have a 25M cable for 30 euro. Also Wicks have a 100M cable for 35 euro. Has anyone had any experience of using either of these cables.
Also is it easy to install.

Go to an electrical wholesalers you'll get better value there..... I presume it's a SKY + box?

gingernut79

Little Bubbles wrote: »

I just bought a second hand sky box and want to replace it with my standard box. I know it needs a second cable and I want to do it myself. I went in to maplins and they have a 25M cable for 30 euro. Also Wicks have a 100M cable for 35 euro. Has anyone had any experience of using either of these cables.
Also is it easy to install.

Do you mean a second hand Sky plus box as you are installing a second cable. you'll need a current sky subscription to use it. I ordered 20m cable off ebay from an Irish seller for 11 euro, came with the connectors , hooked it up Saturday to the old sky box absolutely perfect.

Little Bubbles

Yes i have a contract with sky and i want to connect to a sky plus box.
How are the connectors connected. Is there a special tool used?

Irish Fire

Little Bubbles wrote: »

Yes i have a contract with sky and i want to connect to a sky plus box.
How are the connectors connected. Is there a special tool used?

When you go to the wholesalers to get the cable you will need to get "F" connectors, these are the connectors for the LNB unit on the dish and for the connections to the sky box. If the LNB on the dish has more than one connection you'll be fine if not you'll have to change it.......

Tony

Irish Fire wrote: »

Go to an electrical wholesalers you'll get better value there..... I presume it's a SKY + box?

Must disagree, i've seen some appalling product masquerading as "satellite" cable in wholesalers.

Tony

Little Bubbles wrote: »

How are the connectors connected. Is there a special tool used?

This may help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHdphIFSK3Q

Irish Fire

Tony wrote: »

Must disagree, i've seen some appalling product masquerading as "satellite" cable in wholesalers.

Do you buy yours in Maplin?

Tony

Irish Fire wrote: »

Do you buy yours in Maplin?

No of course not.

watty

He means your average Electrical Wholesale. The local one here doesn't have any decent coax.

Not Specialist Wholesalers.