How daft can I be.

[BobA]

Couple of weeks ago was out on the water just off Clacton and was chatting on the radio to a mate - everything worked fine, last week after doing a bit of tidying up on the boat and fitting a fire extinguisher bracket went to use the radio and was told that the message was totally unreadable.
You guessed it - stuck a screw straight through the co-ax.
The question is this is it possible to cut the co-ax at the point where I stuck the screw through it and rejoin it together with something such as you would use if you were extending your TV aerial?

Bob

 

[DepSol]

Yeop shakespeare make a good connector for this job about £4. Its Brass.

 

[BobA]

Dom,
Any idea how to contact them please

 

[DepSol]

Err dunno just go to oyur local chandlers they should have them.

Its a common fitting.

 

[cliffdale]

Dont use my suggested idea, stick with Doms!

If its any consolation, at home I drilled through a mains electric cable. The current arced across to the adjacent water pipe and melted a hole in it. Not only did I cut the wire,flood part of the house, I had to knock part of the wall down to repair the damage.

Hope this helps

cliff

 

[ccscott49]

DO NOT use a choccy block connector as has been suggested, use the proper job as Dom says, easy to find if not at chandlers, maplins will have them.

 

[Frontier]

Maplins have these

Female connector

they also have the males, two of those and the connector above would do it