Coax Outlet Installation - How To
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- This video shows how I installed a new electrical box & coax outlet in a wall. This is a basic installation that can be used for a variety of wires that need to be run in a wall. Such applications can be: speaker wires, flat screen TV wall mount cables, drop cords, etc.... This is very easy to do. Thanks for watching. Enjoy!
This is a very straight-forward and informative video. Thank you!
You're welcome, Ryan! ........... took me 7 years to respond, but I finally did it! I'm that far behind on keeping up with comments.
Little FYI. You can buy a plastic remodel outlet box at home depot that has fins on it that tighten down on the backside of your drywall securing your outlet box in the wall, so you can install a device anywhere you want. Having to find a stud to determine your device location isn't always convenient or practical.
indeed you can! I just don't care for these 'winged' boxes. You will get a more solid mount to a stud, so I try to promote that. However, if a stud isn't available, then the 'winged' box can be used. Thanks for the comment. I get this one a lot.
Thanks for taking the time to do this. Very simple straight forward instructions
Thanks for taking the time to give such positive feedback, Jonathan!
Thank you for a great video with clear instructions. I also found out that if you did not want to mount your box to a stud. They have boxes that mount in between studs directly to the dry wall. That is also a useful tool.
thanks for watching and commenting, Dave!
Great job and no Stupid music. Thanks.
Thanks! I posted a survey about background music, and most people said that they would rather have silence than music on a DIY video. I will most likely follow their advice from here on out. I have very few vids with music anyway. Thanks again for the comment.
Great video. I bought a house where the internet installation was done by just drilling a hole through the garage and another in the adjacent living room, then running the cable through. Looks horrible and may invite critters to come in... For the time being, I caulked the garage-side hole and I plan to follow this tutorial for the living room side. Glad you added the details on running cable through the attic like this, maybe someday I'll run the internet jack to another room so the router isn't just sitting out in the living room.
Yes...... if you have reasonable access to your attic, then this is a good way to run the wires and cables. Thanks for watching and commenting, John
Agree with Ryan. Exactly what I needed and straight to the point. Thank you.
You're welcome! hope you're still enjoying my videos after all these years.
You're a great teacher! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Phil - Great Video, right to the point.
Thanks for the positive feedback, sseiyah!
A well done video. Simple and informative. Thanks for the install.
Glad I can help you out! Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Great vid, easy and straight to the point 👍🏼 TY
Thanks, Steve!!! Glad my video helped you out!
Hey Phil thanks for the video! I'm surprised after 5 years you still respond to questions! lol The only thing I might add is that you could use a remodelers j-box so you wouldn't need to find a stud and then have to anchor to the stud.
That's a great tip, Dean! Thanks for the input!
A low voltage box would work too. At the big box store they are orange.
Nice work. *thumbs up*
I assume you were going to place the antenna somewhere else later? Seems like a lot of extra slack in that coax.
P.S. Lowes has a new wall stud finder with a string of LEDs so it'll show exactly where the studs are along the 8" edge, and it even turns RED for electrical detection (so you're not blindly pushing a metal awl into the wall) ;)
Might be a good idea to mention turning off the power to any circuits in that area if you're just gonna punch in and pray you miss a live wire. ;)
Thanks for the tips!
Awesome instructions! Thank you!
You're welcome, my friend!
Thanks for the video. At the final step, I would have liked to see how coax connects to cable system in the attic. I don't plan on connecting mine to an antenna. I just want to connect to my cable from a different wall.
Hey Math Prof,
I'd recommend bringing it to the attic and getting a splitter to join to another coaxial from the original point (say across the house). You can get some from a hardware store, they're usually like 10 bucks.
good call
thx man really needed this for i could have good wifi for gaming
excellent! Thanks for the great feedback, Luke!
Since this was a very helpful video, I will now proceed to click the like button. Now that I have clicked the like button, I will subscribe to your channel.
Thanks for that!
thank you, exactly what i needed
excellent!
What do you do if there is a cross stud in the middle of the wall between the attic and where you want your outlet?
oh..... well...... that would be a whole different technique. I use a Cable Bit to go through such things. Don't have a video on that, but wish I did. I'll have to do one sometime. Look up "cable bit" or "flexible extension bit" to see what I mean.
Chet Barney Hi, did you figure it out? I have to do the same thing...thanks
Thanks for this video, it was a good tutorial. I need to ask you this: I need a coax cable outlet for my kitchen TV, there is an old phone outlet that is not used, and this is near my TV, so can i use this outlet for the coax cable and can you please advise me how to do it? My main splitter cable is in basement. Thanks in advance.
+leah Too many variables for me to figure without seeing for myself. However, I'll try to help.
Yes.. you can use the phone outlet "BOX". I would buy the duel outlet configuration that has the phone jack and coax in-one ('keystones"). You can also change your phone jack into an ethernet jack if you have CAT5 or CAT6.....then you can buy a smart tv and stream.
Going to the basement is a little more complicated. do you have an unfinished basement? that would make it easier. either way, you would need to pull a cable through the bottom plate of the wall to the basement in order to reach the split. There's a way, but it means pulling the baseboard and drilling a hold though the bottom plate, and then snaking down the wall in the basement.
I hope this gives you an idea, and helps you out.
thanks for the comment!
+Phil Crockett Thanks for the advice, I decide to make a new outlet for the coax so the cable would be shorter and not hanging off the counter space. The video definitely helps to get this done.
Great & Easy to Understand Video..
Thanks
+the Observer Thanks for the positive feedback. So glad my video helped you!
if i have one of these already in the house can i get cable internet/tv
william martin
You can get cable through this coax, as well as satellite. However.... internet TV is easy.... you just get a Smart TV that uses Wifi.
There is a blue electrical box that can be installed in the middle of the drywall. You don't need to nail to a stud. They have wings that allow a solid connection to the wall.
indeed, however, I find that nailing to a stud is way more secure than those plastic tabs. But..... everyone has their own way of doing it.
@@PhilCrockett i agree. Just sometimes you may need to put an outlet where theres no stud around
absolutely! Thanks for watching and commenting. Hope you like my other videos as well.
Thank you Phil - heaven forbid that antennae/satellite TV is still a thing.
Heaven doesn't like what's on cable or satellite. I think Jesus is good with us not watching ANYTHING...... just say'n
Nice wonton how to run the coax cable in the attic
One add on to the how to instead of suitable electrical box is better and faster to use a los voltage mud ring old work with the ears totally code permissible as long is not a fire rated wall and you can locate the the box close to the stud or in the middle of the wall if want too
The ears of the mud ring will hold the ring in place
great tip, TheMan! thanks!
Awesome! thank you for sharing.
No prob! Glad you like my vid!
Really good!
Thanks, John!!
Low voltage non-metallic bracket are fine too :) !
right on
What would I do with the attic bit if I was installing one of these for a router/modem? We just had our house built. But they installed both coaxial plugs on one side of the house on the same wall. So I was considering installing one on the other side of the house to connect the router/modem to.
Hard to explain over text, but I have to say.... this technique works for any wiring. just remember.... if you are using DSL, you will need to have a phone jack near by too.
What if there's fireblocks in the middle of the wall?
This is almost too complicated to answer as a comment. There are a couple things you can do. 1) find an alternative spot on an interior wall. 2) cut out a piece of drywall at the fireblock and make a notch hole and 3) look up "flex bits" on line and see if that is an alternative.
Thanks great video 😀
Thanks, Charlie!
Great video. Could you have used the electrical outlets a couple feet to the right as a reference point to locating the stud in the attic? Or is passing a wire through a small hole the only precise way to find your mark for drilling?
yes! however, the 'wire' method is much quicker and easier........IMO It's more for when you get up in the attic to find the wall plate than it is for finding the stud in the wall.
I see you drill holes into the electrical box but how did you mount it to the stud at such an angle? Did you just drill in crooked into the stud? Are there special bits or screws for this? Thanks.
simply angle a deck screw in.
@@PhilCrockett Thanks you. Take it easy.
No problem, my friend!
can you attach a splitter from the wall plate. example, a 1 foot cable from the wall plate into a splitter then attach an additional wire to run into another room?
they make a special type splitter that has one terminal for the antenna and multiple terminals for the lines out. Look them up on Amazon..... i think that 's where I got mine. hope this helps
So...I need a sattelite in order to set up the coax? I'm trying to insert one in my house for an internet box i just got...i ended up getting the wrong package Ig
whether it's a dish or an antenna, the coax has to attach to something.
What did you use exactly to poke the ceiling to mark your spot in the attic?
I usually use a finishing nail, or a short segment or bailing wire. But.... usually a finishing nail.
Well done.
Thanks!
If you wanted one of these in every room, how would you put them all together where they meet?
This is a difficult question to answer in just a comment section. I think the best way to answer this is for you to watch my video on installing a TV antenna. You will see the anatomy of this whole system in that video. Hopefully this will help. If you have any other questions, please let me know. Here's the video:
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You would have to run a coax cable from each location to a central location. This would possibly require drilling holes through the bottom and top plates of walls and using a fish tape to pull the cables through.
yeahdude1986 - Good question. To supply four devices with a TV signal from one antenna, I used the Channel Master model CM-3414 4-port signal amplifier (also called a distribution amplifier). It prevents multiple devices from overloading your antenna's output and killing the signal. It works great and is inexpensive. I mounted ours in the attic. Other versions are available with more or fewer output ports.
can it be used for wifi as well?
You can run whatever line you want in to this. CAT5 is used for Ethernet. I've run plenty of this.
What do you do about fire blocks?
I have a long flex bit that I use to drill through. Look up "Klein Flex Bit". hope this helps.
Naaaaow, that was a nice tutorial. Any thoughts on going through an outside wall? A friend of mine has internet through a cable modem and his house blocks signals way too well (cell phone included). That leaves me with mounting an outside antenna and running a new line in through a wall. What do you think?
the only thing you need to worry about on walls, is the fire blocking. It's of modern construction and would make it difficult to run wires down some walls. I have a long flex bit that is useful for such things. you might have to do a little research to know what i'm talking about.
Why not instead of cutting large square hole into the wall just drill a quarter size hole into the wall route the wire down from attic to connect to back of coax wall plate which can be mounted to wall by drilling two small holes then insert couple plastic wall anchors into the wall to attach the plate much easier less butchering into the walls..
There are no rules with this cable. I think you'll be alright as long as the wall mount is sturdy enough to take the torque of the cable when you screw it on.
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why didn't you just get a box that mounts to the drywall
I think they aren't as solid and screwing to a stud. However, that's just my preference
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this works assuming that their is no fireblock
yes...... fireblocks are a pain....but I'll tell you something worse....... FOAM INSULATION!
Wait so is it electricity inside the outlit
It's conducting, but not 110V like lights. Unlike MC Hammer....you CAN touch this.
Phil Crockett so theoretically it’s just low voltage electricity with a different port
yes indeed.
What do you do with the cable you pulled up to the attic?
I hooked a TV antenna to it.
Hope the brown stuff is not Asbestos containing ...
+Killerspieler0815 It is not. Thank you for your concern.
i hate being 16 omg i just want wifi
yes, Sophie! We all just want wifi!
my house came without one of these
Hopefully now you can put one in!
@@PhilCrockett Yep!
Ur house was built on 4-6-97
The house in this video was my parent's house. ti was built in 1990
the american drilling boxes look a pain to fit the ones we use in the UK are SO much easier!
excellent. Thanks for the comment. Hope it helps people.
What a crappy coax cable. So much noise on it with the crappy connectors but good video
I figured I would make the crappiest video in the world and hire you as the judge. Results............ : You hate my video!!!!!!!! That means I WIN!!!!! Yippppppeeee!!!!! Thanks for participating!
That’s a lot of tape lmao
yes... I love tape and over-kill.