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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 723162" data-attributes="member: 176256">I've seen the 4 core cable (but not 5 core) advertised for sale and it would be really convenient as the individual cables are colour coded.&nbsp; This makes it really easy to get it right with the connections at either end.&nbsp; What I don't know is what the cost implication is over four individual cables.&nbsp; Also I don't know what spec the individual cables are.&nbsp; I suspect that they won't double copper shield&nbsp; but use an aluminium foil shield but that's just a guess.For my installation in France I used some stuff they call gaine which is a flexible corrugated tubing that they stuff all their wires into. I think it was 19mm I used but it may have been 22mm.&nbsp; I marked each of the four cables with a bit of coloured PVC insulation tape and put the same marker at the drum end.&nbsp; I then taped the ends of 4 lengths together and pulled the lot through the gaine in the garden.&nbsp; (I had preiously measured how much gaine I would need from the LNB to the multiswitch.) It's a two person job but in a staight line not too difficult and I don't think I had to resort to using the yellow lubricant they have over there.&nbsp; I used a mix of WF100 and CT100 as that was I had.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 723162, member: 176256"] I've seen the 4 core cable (but not 5 core) advertised for sale and it would be really convenient as the individual cables are colour coded. This makes it really easy to get it right with the connections at either end. What I don't know is what the cost implication is over four individual cables. Also I don't know what spec the individual cables are. I suspect that they won't double copper shield but use an aluminium foil shield but that's just a guess. For my installation in France I used some stuff they call [I]gaine[/I] which is a flexible corrugated tubing that they stuff all their wires into. I think it was 19mm I used but it may have been 22mm. I marked each of the four cables with a bit of coloured PVC insulation tape and put the same marker at the drum end. I then taped the ends of 4 lengths together and pulled the lot through the [I]gaine [/I] in the garden. (I had preiously measured how much [I]gaine [/I]I would need from the LNB to the multiswitch.) It's a two person job but in a staight line not too difficult and I don't think I had to resort to using the yellow lubricant they have over there. I used a mix of WF100 and CT100 as that was I had. [/QUOTE]

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