topic Damaged external cable in Sky Q

Damaged external cable

Ei+May — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:59:10 GMT

I have damaged an external Sky cable

Re: Damaged external cable

Daniel0210 — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:00:42 GMT

@Ei+May

If you want Sky to carry out a repair you'll have to call them. The charge would be around £65.

Re: Damaged external cable

Ei+May — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:01:46 GMT

Is it dangerous if it's just snipped

Re: Damaged external cable

nigea99 — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:13:02 GMT

@Ei+May wrote:

Is it dangerous if it's just snipped

no, it is not dangerous

Re: Damaged external cable

Invisiblename — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:42:45 GMT

@Ei+May wrote:
Is it dangerous if it's just snipped

If you've only "snipped" the outer covering of the dish to Sky Q box cable, and there is no loss of signal on any of your channels, you could get away with just wrapping insulation tape around it to keep moisture out