Post 9 made on Monday January 24, 2000 at 01:33 |
I have an interesting story about grounds. My dish sits under a deck, right at ground level. While under warranty I had a failure after a lightning storm. A tech helped me isolate the problem to the LNB at the dish. He then asked if I had grounded the unit per the instructions. I proudly told him that I had driven a six foot copper rod within several feet of the dish and installed it just as documented. He paused, then proceeded to tell me that this is what likely caused the LNB failure. He said it was actually safer for the equipment to tie the ground back into the house wiring and not use the separate ground, something to do with surges during storms.
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