Does anyone know if it is possible to get Eon to fit a smart meter T2 aerial with a 3 - 4m cable?
Our meter is in a tanked basement so obviously gets no signal but upstairs we have a good signal and there is a conduit with easy access to run an aerial cable.
Three to four meters would be sufficient to be able to mount the aerial fairly high on the wall in the garage above but our current supplier, Octopus, having been told all this, turned up with an aerial with a 1m cable!
It really shouldn't be this difficult!
I'm sure it's possible to buy or make an extension with the appropriate connectors and cable, but doubt a meter engineer carries the connectors, roll of cable and crimping tool on the van.
Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player. I DON'T work for or on behalf of EON.Next, but am willing to try and help if I can. Not on mains gas, mobile network or mains drainage. House heated almost entirely by baby dragons.
the engineers will be contracted to fit a meter in a standard method, and will doubtless be itching to get home or onto the next job. It should be a fairly simple DIY job to extend the cable. Will it work as desired? Who knows.
Current Eon Next and EDF customer, ex Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless.
I believe that the antenna cable is connected inside the hub which is then fitted to the meter and secured with anti tamper seals. Not a DIY job. However, the hub specifications, if known, would likely specify the physical connector type and antenna cable impedance so it's not impossible to do.
cutting the installed cable and inserting the extra length was what I was thinking of so two male and two female (are we allowed to say that anymore?) connectors and an appropriate length of cable.
cutting the installed cable and inserting the extra length was what I was thinking of so two male and two female (are we allowed to say that anymore?) connectors and an appropriate length of cable.
Feasible if you know the right type of cable and can source the appropriate connectors and crimping tool. However, you will be 'tampering with the supplier's equipment', which is the problem.
Personally, I'd drop a length of 50 ohm coax down the conduit, strip 6" off the outer sheath, braid and dielectric and wrap the centre conductor six times round the existing antenna. The upstairs end, do the same but around a pencil, then remove the pencil. If signal is good enough, it would probably work for the WAN, but you'd need a different solution for the HAN.
@retrotecchie that's not a bad idea that! I might give it a go for my antenna as that is tucked in a kitchen cupboard where signal is intermittently an issue.
I use that trick to extend the range of my cordless phone base station which doesn't work so well in a few rooms because of the 30" thick stone walls in my hovel.
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