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Cleaned up the outdoor wiring with a couple of 3D-printed boxes
I have what I imagine is a pretty typical coax installation with a lightning arrestor and coax splitter outside the house where the coax comes into the house. I was concerned that weather and the elements would eventually take their toll on this setup, so I printed a couple of boxes. One was for the lightning arrestor, and the second was for the splitter. The STL files for these are on Thingiverse with https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6029282 for the lightning arrestor and https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6029420 for the coax splitter.
The original wiring looked like this:
The lightning arrestor looks like this inside:
The coax splitter looks like this inside:
And after adding those, the wiring looks like this:
I'm putting this here in case someone else would like to do the same. I think keeping the connections covered will add to their longevity.
EG
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FWIW. In the second picture of the splitter in the enclosure, it looks like it's not being used for anything. Only one output port is being used. -7 dB of insertion loss is being introduced possibly for nothing. Depending on the signal strength in the first place, it may be doing more harm than good. You may be able to use a female-to-female coupler like one of these instead;
https://www.amazon.com/Female-to-Coax-Coupler/dp/B06ZZS8G1V
Just sayin'.
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