Re: [OT] How to fit a digital mini dish??

["Quinten Uijldert" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>]

Robert Chasmer wrote:

>> You could have water inside the CT125.  This seems to be the
most
>> common problem amongst satellite installations.  Did you put
a
>> (weather) seal around the F-connector at the LNB end?
>
> I did have some of that self amalgamting rubber stuff and wrapped
that
> around the F-connector.  I think it was sealed but I guess I'll
have
> to check that.  I also made sure that I left a drip loop, the
cable
> comes down the wall from the loft through a gap in the cladding.
If
> any water has got in the cable it will only be in the first meter
or
> so

Probably enough to have some sort of influence... Not an expert in
electrical signals, so couldn't possibly comment on that.

>> LNB's do not fail just like that (mine has got a broken plastic
cap
>> with a plastic bag around it to seal it again) and has been
working
>> flawless for the last 3 years.
>
> The digital dish was there from the previous owners, and a I said
all
> I've done since is change the cableing and watch the owners trees
go.
> The thing I thought was odd is that the box is ok if you power it
> down for a few minutes, but dies again a short while after.

If it were the trees blocking the signal, you would have either signal or
no
signal (unless they are really flexible and bend a lot in the wind ;-)
).

> I guess something could be charging up and then failing.  Are
you
> saying that water in the cable or LNB could be causing this sort
of
> effect?

I'm by no means an expert, this is just from what I have read and
heared
about.

> When I get a chance I think I'll move the sat box into the garage
and
> run a temporary cable, if that is ok for more than ten minutes
then
> I'll be pretty sure its the cable.

Yeah, that is probably the best way of finding out if it is the cable,
the
LNB or the box (it might not be able to provide enough oomph to the LNB
anymore?)...

Q.

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