Hi ihategherkins. I believe you can buy a bulkhead coaxial type fitting. You can then drill a small hole in the floor to attach the concector connect one end to you aerial the other to the TV. I have over simplified it a little but you should get the gist.
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Under our bed is a ventilation hole covered by a grill (just inside the locker door). I take the plug off the TV aerial lead and thread the lead through the grill and up under the bed and then through to the TV area (which is next to the foot of the bed.) Then pop the plug back on and its all systems go. So no cable trailing in via the window and having to disconnect everytimewe leave the van.
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I drilled a hole in the battery box, next to the main EHU plug. Thread wire through, fitted satellite socket on the end (so it is too big to be pulled back through the drilled hole) and job done. No drilling through external walls (would hate to do that ) and the satellite cable fits in the same gap as the EHU cable, when the locker door is shut.
My battery box is under the front seat, so easy to do - then threaded the cable up through existing conduit to SAT socket in top locker.
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If you are going to fit the arial box to the ouside of your van, don't forget to use sealant behind it. Many recomend that you use sealant at the top and sides only so that if any moisture should get in it can drain out of the bottom.
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Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 23/2/2011
Hi ihategherkins. I believe you can buy a bulkhead coaxial type fitting. You can then drill a small hole in the floor to attach the concector connect one end to you aerial the other to the TV. I have over simplified it a little but you should get the gist.
I used an F type one of these and fitted it into the external electrical outlet box and then wired the other end direct to my sat box. Works a treat for me
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We recently fitted a satellite system to our van and to save drilling any holes etc we routed the cable internally to the wet locker where we fitted a socket and connected one of these flat cable to it.
When required we just pop it through the wet locker door and it works a treat.
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We fitted a shielded F connector wall socket in the front storage area of our Bailey Bordeaux. We ran the sat cable along the chassis under the floor and up through a ventilation grid in by the fridge. I then ran it behind the fridge , behind the cooker and up through the panelling and out next to the TV. No drilling the tv aerial is mounted next to the jockey wheel so its easy to connect it all up.
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i fitted one it was a good thing to do,saves a lot of time setting the dish up.
Hi, I have the same type set up,cables run into trunking in wardrobe,into aerial booster and tv/sat connectors,and a couple of sat/tv connector cables from wall to tv/sat,have aerial poles clamped to the rear of van (stick on clamps), just outside door, can adjust aerial from inside van, no need to get wet when rainning,works well.
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Hi, I fitted one only yesterday to replace the older broken version that was on the van when we bought it. Very easy to fit, and comes with a gasket to seal against the van body. Wired it into the internal socket, so no more aerial cable thro' the window. Andy
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Topic: External aerial boxes
) and the satellite cable fits in the same gap as the EHU cable, when the locker door is shut.
