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Dryer Vent Lead In
NotMe wrote:
Is it possible to use a dryer vent as a place to bring in my coax? It doesn't seem like the air coming out is too hot for the coax... Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks. You mean practical difficulties, aside from the building code violation aspects? I'd worry about lint accumulation and blocking the airflow from the dryer causing problems from the dryer. The air may not feel very hot, but I would imagine that a piece of coax might get pretty warm, so you'd want to choose a high temperature tolerant coax (e.g. one of the PTFE or FEP dielectric/jacket). Look for the stuff that people use to wind high power transmission line transformers (RG 142, RG188, RG316 types.) All you need is a short jumper, and you could get a fairly small diameter to reduce the vent blockage (obviously, you're in a compromise installation situation, and the loss in 10 ft of even pretty small coax isn't going to be huge) |
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