Cheap RG6 100m rolls.. Rob_Satellites where's he gone?

Welease

Used to be a guy selling 100m rolls of black RG6 for €20 in Leixlip on Adverts.ie. IIRC Rob_Satellites was his name.. but his account seems to be gone now.. Any idea if he is connected to a shop in Leixlip?... Its about half the price I paid for the last roll i bought elsewhere (and I wont need to pay postage either).

Finne1993

Welease wrote: »

Used to be a guy selling 100m rolls of black RG6 for €20 in Leixlip on Adverts.ie. IIRC Rob_Satellites was his name.. but his account seems to be gone now.. Any idea if he is connected to a shop in Leixlip?... Its about half the price I paid for the last roll i bought elsewhere (and I wont need to pay postage either).

Any electrical wholesaler should have decent RG6 for around the €13 - €15 mark

Tony

Finne1993 wrote: »

Any electrical wholesaler should have decent RG6 for around the €13 - €15 mark

I strongly disagree. I've yet to come across a wholesaler who supplies good quality RG6 , has caused countless problems in my experience. Try B and Q for PF100 cable.

lucernarian

I didn't know B&Q sold decent coax... How much is it sold for in B&Q? Do they do reels or just by the metre?

Welease

When I last checked in B&Q it was very expensive.. if memory serves it was working out about 60-70 Euro for 50m.. I'll be down there later to check it out..

I did get some from satellitetv.ie for €35 last time, and that worked well (with one run being aound 50m).. Was just looking to save a few more pennies if possible especially if I could pick it up locally.

stanley1

http://www.satellite.ie/acatalog/Cables__Switches_and_Tools.html

Excellent cable, used it myself on free to air install.

paranormal

i used some of the RG6 cable the original poster was talking about and found it fine even for hd tv some lengths i used were 30 or 40mtrs long . and it was from the same source he was talking about

Tony

Some RG6 is very good quality which is most likely what Rob was selling. Problem with RG6 is its not a very tight spec so it can be decent or truly awful (electrical wholesalers)

paranormal wrote: »

i used some of the RG6 cable the original poster was talking about and found it fine even for hd tv some lengths i used were 30 or 40mtrs long . and it was from the same source he was talking about

watty

RG6 is a Family. Some RG6 is only good to 600MHz and some have only spiderweb braid with metalised plastic foil and copper plated steel core.

Others are buriable/Outdoor, rated for 1.8GHz, copper foil, solid braid, copper core. If from a reputable maker they have an exact spec, but RG6 is only the prefix of the part number.

Welease

watty wrote: »

RG6 is a Family. Some RG6 is only good to 600MHz and some have only spiderweb braid with metalised plastic foil and copper plated steel core.

Others are buriable/Outdoor, rated for 1.8GHz, copper foil, solid braid, copper core. If from a reputable maker they have an exact spec, but RG6 is only the prefix of the part number.

Thanks to everyone I have Rob's number now so will give him a ring .. appreciate the help and the extra info provided.

paulcdub85

i have found the tvtrade.ie website to be excellent and at low cost...im not not well up on cable spec maybe someone readin this could comment on whether its good stuff

Tony

Its hard to say as its does not give the spec of the cable (just says "satellite cable") http://www.tvtrade.ie/cables-and-leads/satellite-cable.html and vat has to be added which legally should be included in the displayed price

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1973/en/si/0009.html

paulcdub85 wrote: »

i have found the tvtrade.ie website to be excellent and at low cost...im not not well up on cable spec maybe someone readin this could comment on whether its good stuff

Digital Satellite TV

Tony wrote: »

Its hard to say as its does not give the spec of the cable (just says "satellite cable") http://www.tvtrade.ie/cables-and-leads/satellite-cable.html and vat has to be added which legally should be included in the displayed price

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1973/en/si/0009.html

Tony just to clear up a few things....

Firstly the vast majority of sales from the TVTrade.ie website are to the Trade who want to see the ex-vat price as they can clearly reclaim the vat. Also as we regularly export goods outside of the EU (Switzerland, Dubai, Seychelles etc ....) and vat is not relevant for these customers. We recently hired a software coder to make a customised change to our platform to explicitedly state the the prices given are ex-vat. We were recently given a clean bill of health by the Advertising Standards Authourity for the reasons outlined above.

We soon intend to add additional higher specs of satellite cable i.e. the introduction of CT100 which again is driven by specification changes laid out by sky to its installers. We will upgrade our technical information to cover the topic of the different grades as currently all the cable is RG6 which is stated in the actual product info but not on the category page as linked to.

Tony

Digital Satellite TV wrote: »

Tony just to clear up a few things....

Firstly the vast majority of sales from the TVTrade.ie website are to the Trade

If thats the case then you should have a trade login to display prices as other wholesalers do. To show vat exlusive prices you must be trade only whereas you sell to both business and private customers.


I'm all for competition, I think its absolutely necessary but it must be on a level legal playing field.

Digital Satellite TV wrote: »

. We were recently given a clean bill of health by the Advertising Standards Authourity for the reasons outlined above.[/SIZE][/FONT]

Really? Its my understanding that this body acts on complaints for false or misleading advertising. I was not aware that they issued "clean bills of health". In any case the body concerned would be http://www.consumerconnect.ie/eng/Learning_Zone/Guides_To_Consumer_Law/Prices/
From their site :
"But one exception to this "tax inclusive" rule is a business selling goods intended mainly for other business customers, such as a "trade only" electrical distributor, or a cash and carry which again says that it is "trade only" "

I'm sure you will agree that its probably not the best place to discuss this so please feel free to call me anytime.

Finne1993

Tony wrote: »

I strongly disagree. I've yet to come across a wholesaler who supplies good quality RG6 , has caused countless problems in my experience. Try B and Q for PF100 cable.

The OP asked about the availability of RG6 cable, not PF100.

I can only speak from my own experience, I normally deal with 2 different electrical wholesalers in Dundalk and tvtrade.ie, all who supply a good quality copper centre, double shielded RG6. On your own site you advertise 25metres of RG6 which you say is fine for the 25metre run so if it causes all these "countless" problems why do you stock it?

I mainly use RG6, granted most of the runs don't exceed 25 metres but in reality few runs do. My own set up includes a 50 metre distance between my dish and house with 8 50 metre RG6 runs coming from the dish into the house and the signal quality and strength is the same at the end of that run as it is from a 12 inch length of the same cable, this was done 6 years ago. I also done work at a friends warehouse where there are magic eyes working along with a perfect picture after a 60 metre run.

You are perfectly correct in saying PF100 is a high quality cable and is preferable where long runs are neccesary but IMO I can't see the need to use it in runs of 5-25 metres especially when its 4-5 times more expensive than the RG6.

watty

Did you read the earlier posts? RG6 is a family, not an actual cable. Some RG6 only good to 600MHz. The rest of the part number decides what it is. The OP doesn't want RG6 but wants Satellite IF grade Coax. RG6 is only part of the part number. There is likely an RG6 that is similar to PF100, it will be a similar price.

PF100 isn't for long runs. It's for ordinary runs. PF125 is for longer runs.

Tony

Finne1993 wrote: »

The OP asked about the availability of RG6 cable, not PF100.

Correct, I mentioned it as an alternative, whats your point?

The Op did not have a problem with my post, why do you ?

Finne1993 wrote: »

On your own site you advertise 25metres of RG6 which you say is fine for the 25metre run so if it causes all these "countless" problems why do you stock it?

Yes I do sell 25m rolls of good quality RG6 with a diy kit for those on a budget ( no problems reported after many years) the problems are caused by bad quality cheap RG6 sold by many wholesalers. I do not advise its use on runs greater than 25m

Perhaps before commenting again you might re read my posts , you have a history of misinterpreting them to suit your agenda.

Dublin_Gunner

Just spotted this on adverts, not sure if its any use, but decent price
http://www.adverts.ie/satellite/sat-freeview-digital-tv-coax-aerial-cable-7mm-90-db-new/498008