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Date: | Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:04:27 -0500 |
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Ok so forgive the attempt at humor.
I ran into a really big problem trying to get the coax outside the house. I was planning to feed it out of the hole where the lineset for the heat pump enters the house. THe problem is that the inside hole is perfect, but there is this thing called siding in the way. I also have to be mindful of not cutting the AC lines cause that would be very bad. So, instead of trying to cut the hole larger, which really looks to be touchy at best, I had the idea I could cut off the end of my coax, feed it through the small opening (that will not accommodate the PL259) and attach a new connector.
So, this ties back to my questions on crimp/solder connectors.
The coax I have is RG213U, but it seems smaller than the typical RG213 and very flexible. I would say it is 1/3 smaller than the RG213 I picked up today. So, I noticed that the current feed line uses a reducer so it will fit correctly into the PL259. If I were to use one of the crimp style connectors, would I need to use a reducer? I assume I would have to in order for it to fit properly, but maybe there are different types of PL259 connectors. THe gent I got the connectors from mentioned he has a lot of blind clients and they use these crimp connectors a lot.
I probably should have taken the cable with me or at least a piece of it, but I did not want to remove the connectors of course since I'd be stuck using RG8.
tnx es 73
Scott/N3BYY
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