Hooked up my tailgaiter to the TT wire run and ran a short coax to the Tailgaiter from the exterior feedthrough. Tried to get it going but wire got very hot. Why is the R value in the house Coax different that the R value for a campground satellite hookup? I am going to buy new coax and run it but seems strange to me.

Should all be 75 ohm, shouldn't be any 52

R value?What the heck do you mean and no, there is no real difference between RG59 and RG6 unless you run the cables hundreds of feet.

My Tailgater came with a 50' RG6 coax. That is what you should use if yours did not come with one. I initially used the existing internal short run of coax in the 5er (RG59) until I could run a new RG6 internally. Worked fine with the short run of RG59.

Something does not add up.Are you saying the coax got hot to the touch along its length or just at the rv?Are you absolutely positive the jack you plugged it into is for satellite versus "park cable" ?Some miswiring may be putting voltage across the cable. More detail please.

If it got hot to touch it sounds like there's an internal short some where.....the sat receiver runs 5v or so thru the coax to the LNB so the coax center conductor may be shorted to ground some where it the connections are all correct....could use a meter and check....

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YC_1
Nomad
Aug 27, 2013
Something does not add up.

Are you saying the coax got hot to the touch along its length or just at the rv?

Are you absolutely positive the jack you plugged it into is for satellite versus "park cable" ?

Some miswiring may be putting voltage across the cable.

More detail please.
BB_TX
Nomad
Aug 27, 2013
My Tailgater came with a 50' RG6 coax. That is what you should use if yours did not come with one. I initially used the existing internal short run of coax in the 5er (RG59) until I could run a new RG6 internally. Worked fine with the short run of RG59.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Aug 27, 2013
R value?
What the heck do you mean and no, there is no real difference between RG59 and RG6 unless you run the cables hundreds of feet.
n7bsn
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
Should all be 75 ohm, shouldn't be any 52

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