Electrical – How to poke coaxial cables out of a wall nicely

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I have coaxial cables that are poking out of walls in numerous places all over the house. I don't use them and I don't know why there's so many coming out of each hole. These were left by the previous owner. They look ugly just sitting on the ground. This is illustrated on the right side of the following photo. How do I make it look nicer like the faceplated contraption on the left?

  • How would I handle the 3 wires if I don't see anyone selling coxial faceplates with 3 holes?
  • The niceley faceplated contraption on the left has holes, whereas the wires on the right have pointy metal pointing out. Is it okay to convert the pointy into the holely ones? I don't understand when you would use one over the other.
  • What is the point of having 5 coaxial connections in one corner of the house? Is anyone going to put 3 TVs and 2 internet modems in one corner??? If there's no purpose, should I just cut off the wires and seal the wall?

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Best Answer

Shopping

They sell modular wall plates in 1 to 6 port flavors.

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Pick up as many as you need from the local home improvement store. Grab some F type modules, and some low voltage brackets while you're there.

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Installation

  • Cut a hole in the wall large enough for the low voltage bracket to fit.
  • Install the low voltage bracket.
  • Shorten the lengths of cable, and add new connectors to the ends (you'll also have to buy these from the home improvement store, so go back and get them).
  • Connect the cables to the modular jacks.
  • Install the modular jacks in the modular wall plate.
  • Install the modular wall plate in the low voltage bracket.

Holey VS. Pointy

The pointy connectors are "male" connectors, whereas the holey connectors are "female". When a male connector loves a female connector very much... You get the picture (I hope).

Why so many?

There is no way to say for sure why there are so many cables here. It's possible that some come from somewhere, while others go somewhere else. You'll have to trace the cables to determine where they come from, or where they go to.

For this a cable tracer such as the Gardner Bender Wire-Tracker, can come in handy.

Gardner Bender Wire-Tracker Wire Tracer

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