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How do I wire a cable outlet? The house is pre-wired but they only dropped the wire behind the faceplate?
My house is pre-wired for cable tv, everywhere. However, they did not actually wire the outlets - just dropped the cable line in the wall behind the face plates for the cable plugs. But they did not connect this wire to the outlet on the face plate. I had the cable company come out and 'wire' the outlets I thought I would need. I have since decided I need an additional one of these 'pre-wired' outlets actually wired so I can hang a flat screen on a wall. I have wire strippers that an electrician left and I bought RG6 no tools needed connectors. Can I do this myself? Can I electrocute myself? Should I just pay the cable company to come back out? It is quite pricey. Note, I am not going to know any techie words...
Thanks so much!
This is not hard. You need to just take the plate off, go in and take a wire cutter (could even use a scissors if you are careful)
Cut off the wire shelter (sorry I don't know the words--usually black) and expose the copper wire about 1/4 inch. That should fit into the hole in the face plate, if not buy a end to put on it--they sell that at the hardware store. Then put the plate face back in and your cable should work. (oh you have to put a cable to the face plate and the TV but you get that.)
The idea is that the copper cable wire from the wall and the copper cable wire from the tv touch. I doubt you will be shocked. I wasn't.
Good luck. I am an idiot--with electrical sevant tendencies-but still I didn't use a book and it worked fine.
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