My in-wall HDMI cable got bend 90 degree, can it be fixed?

Question

It bended at the tip end. Now, I can not tear down all the walls. This cable runs 35 feet inside the wall.

HDMI cable size is 22AWG

Answer 1

What happened? Somebody moving furniture without a license?

This sounds like it may be a time consuming project.
Try to carefully bend it back slowly using good strong pliers.
Test it and use it. Bent is still OK it does not mean broken and it may save you plenty of sweat. If it works "YAY!" If not, "BOO!"

If it truly is broken internally, then you can repair it yourself or have a professional come out and repair it for you.

Chances are will be is broken near the bend. If enough cable exists, a pro would pull the cable out about an inch or 2, remove and check the cable tip end to find the break snip off the excess and replace the cable tip end with a new one. They have tools to do this and usually a soldering gun too.

If this process cannot be done(ie., not enough cable), or proves to be too time consuming, they would run a brand new cable through where the old one was and probably use it as a leader.

Good luck either way!

Answer 2

Don't know how things were set up inside the walls, but, assuming the holes through the studs that the cable runs through are large enough, they should allow you to pull a new cable through, using the old one as a leader. (This is entirely speculative).

I found one source that had a 50 ft cable for $90 (see sources).

You might try finding an installer that could affix a new connector onto the defective end of your hdtv cable. The cable has 19 wires, so it would be a pain, but not impossible. Don't know what the effect would be on noise, interference, etc.

Answer 3

well you didnt say if it still works or not. but im assuming it doesnt. you cable needs to be repalced. even if it does still work you probably damaged some of the shielding(at the very least), and that prevents unwanted interference, thsi is not fixable. even if you succeed at repairing the cable the it willnot give you the same performance that it once had. this needs to be repalced. good luck ,there maybe some cable expert in here who can give some better advice , but this is the best of my knowledge, good luck again