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RoyB
May 15, 2019Explorer II
Colorado #5 wrote:
I'm curious if anyone knows if I can pull an hdmi cable through the walls to the rear of the RV using the coax cable as the snake.
I have pulled several RG type cables from the front to the back of my fifth wheel using the ceiling a/c vents. I have one about every 6-feet or so in the ceiling. They are not actual vents per say but an opening that runs the whole length of the trailer. If you use this route be sure your entry and exit places are sealed good as these A/C ducts are designed to provide even air flow by design. You mess up the plan and may have some vents not blowing air as strong as others...
Most of them can drop down into the inside of a ceiling cabinet of some sort where you can drop down into a table top or something using stick on cable ducts...
You can easily pull one of those vents to gain access to the ceiling vent trail. Just stick some cables into the down as far as you can and go open the next ceiling vent and grab the cable and so forth...
I was doing a lot of this for my ham radio and police/fire scanners from an op area in the main room back to the bedroom area...
The walls in the trailers are not very thick and not easy to use for adding cables behind them. Adding cable ducts on the outside of the walls is a better idea and paint them to blend into your room décor.. A better solution may be to add PVC cable ducts with slide on covers etc between cabinets along the floor out of sight along the walls. Then you can paint them to same décor of the walls... If running along the walls is not practicable for you go through the floor under the trailer. Run your PVC ducts/conduit under the trailer from Point A to Point B...
If all you want to do is running HDMI cables them look up on AMAZON for BLUETOOTH WIRELESS HDMI Devices... Do it wireless... All kinds of adapters are available to get HDMI control from point A to B...
Roy Ken
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