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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1128931" data-attributes="member: 176704">Late to the party but the following may be useful:This page on the old (and not now updated) Satcure website gives a lot of useful dimensions and other info on the various ypes of cables commonly used for domestic satellite installations <a href="http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cablespecs.htm" target="_blank">Coaxial Cable Specifications WF100 CT100 WF65 RG6</a>The CPC Farnell on-line catalogue is here <a href="https://www.easyflip.co.uk/CPC_Catalogue_2021/" target="_blank">CPC Catalogue 2021</a> and pages 567-569 list many types of F-connectors and you can then click on the products shown to go the website pages which give specific data &amp; data sheets (including the dimensions of the cables onto which they are designed to fit) for each one.As far as removing &amp; connecting F-connectors to LNBs (etc.) I have a range of small open-ended spanners (mainly 11mm &amp; 7/16th&nbsp; because the nut sizes actually vary quite a bit!) where I have ground down the outer sides of the jaws so it is then much easier to get them around closely-spaced connections on LNBs and DiSEqC switches!&nbsp; Several of those very small spanners are from &quot;ignition spanner sets&quot; such as some of&nbsp; <a href="https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s?k=ignition+spanner+set&amp;crid=18DNPBO52Y4NF&amp;sprefix=ignition+spanner+set%2Caps%2C71&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1" target="_blank">these </a>because they are much more &quot;petite&quot; than general purpose spanners with the same jaw sizes.Finally, I generally use 19mm wide self-amalgamating tape (the quality does vary a lot but I find this &quot;<a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/2255475993?iid=322949288306" target="_blank">FIXMAN</a>&quot; stuff is better than most !), but if I can't use that (especially around multiple connections on an LNB or switch) then this sort of spray-on &quot;<a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312204442959" target="_blank">PLASTI- DIP</a>&quot; &quot;liquid tape&quot; seems to work very well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1128931, member: 176704"] Late to the party but the following may be useful: This page on the old (and not now updated) Satcure website gives a lot of useful dimensions and other info on the various ypes of cables commonly used for domestic satellite installations [URL='http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cablespecs.htm']Coaxial Cable Specifications WF100 CT100 WF65 RG6[/URL] The CPC Farnell on-line catalogue is here [URL='https://www.easyflip.co.uk/CPC_Catalogue_2021/']CPC Catalogue 2021[/URL] and pages 567-569 list many types of F-connectors and you can then click on the products shown to go the website pages which give specific data & data sheets (including the dimensions of the cables onto which they are designed to fit) for each one. As far as removing & connecting F-connectors to LNBs (etc.) I have a range of small open-ended spanners (mainly 11mm & 7/16th because the nut sizes actually vary quite a bit!) where I have ground down the outer sides of the jaws so it is then much easier to get them around closely-spaced connections on LNBs and DiSEqC switches! Several of those very small spanners are from "ignition spanner sets" such as some of [URL='https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s?k=ignition+spanner+set&crid=18DNPBO52Y4NF&sprefix=ignition+spanner+set%2Caps%2C71&ref=nb_sb_noss_1']these [/URL]because they are much more "petite" than general purpose spanners with the same jaw sizes. Finally, I generally use 19mm wide self-amalgamating tape (the quality does vary a lot but I find this "[URL='https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/2255475993?iid=322949288306']FIXMAN[/URL]" stuff is better than most !), but if I can't use that (especially around multiple connections on an LNB or switch) then this sort of spray-on "[URL='https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312204442959']PLASTI- DIP[/URL]" "liquid tape" seems to work very well. [/QUOTE]

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