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#265416 20-Jan-2020 17:15
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I have an interesting problem. I want to run a long HDMI cable under the floor of an old house, but I do not want to create the horrendous holes that would be necessary to fit the connectors through. I also do not want to use HDMI over CAT6, which is overkill for this. Is there any way to do this, either by splicing the cable or finding a magical joiner that is no thicker than the cable itself?

 

 




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  #2402738 20-Jan-2020 23:50
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I think you're really overthinking at this point.

 

 

 

To summarise:

 

1. No you cant chop an HDMI cable. The smallest you will go is micro HDMI but I suspect you wont find those connectors on many "long" cables.

 

Realistically, the head of an HDMI cable is maybe 20mm-odd. The cable thickness for long cables is easily 12-15mm perhaps? So really, what's the difference if there are already cables going through the floor.

 

 

 

2. To do it properly, you cut in a flush box in to the wall. Drill down the bottom plate to under the floor, run the cable, and then fit off the flush box with a proper wall plate.

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