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Dish (not lnb) seems incompatible with receiver - is this possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1092845" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Depends on what material the case of the ivew box is made of :</p><p>- if the case is metal then loosen a screw somewhere on the (probably back) panel, and connect a single core cable (or the Green/Yellow core in a 3-core cable) to the Earth pin in a 13A plug which is then plugged into a mains socket near the receiver.</p><p>- if the case is non-metallic, then see if you can make some sort of connection between the outer shield on the sat cable and connect it as above - could involve adding another "bullet" coupler in that cable and with two nuts on one threaded part and then sandwich a flat "ring connector" between the 2 nuts and with a cable connected as above.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, the between the cable to the 13A plug doesn't need to be that large at all as it is just there to make sure that there is no potential difference between the house mains Earth circuits and the "negative" rail of the receiver circuits.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, if the dish/shed is a long distance from the house, then there is still likely to be a potential difference between the house Earthing system and the shed and the ground around it - "life's like that"! My "sat farm" is about 25m from the house and the sheathes of the LNB cables are connected to the 2 long poles, with the steerable dishes on them, which are firmly set in the ground - and yet I occasionally get a slight "nip" from the sheath of one of those cables when it is not connected to a cable to the house or to the 16-1 DiSEqC switch (the Grounding terminal terminal of which is also directly connected to one of those poles)!!</p><p></p><p>In that situation, a possible solution <em>might</em> be to electrically isolate the dish from the shed - would need some sort of insulation around the bolts (or even using non-metallic - e.g. nylon - bolts) securing the dish to the shed??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1092845, member: 176704"] Depends on what material the case of the ivew box is made of : - if the case is metal then loosen a screw somewhere on the (probably back) panel, and connect a single core cable (or the Green/Yellow core in a 3-core cable) to the Earth pin in a 13A plug which is then plugged into a mains socket near the receiver. - if the case is non-metallic, then see if you can make some sort of connection between the outer shield on the sat cable and connect it as above - could involve adding another "bullet" coupler in that cable and with two nuts on one threaded part and then sandwich a flat "ring connector" between the 2 nuts and with a cable connected as above. FWIW, the between the cable to the 13A plug doesn't need to be that large at all as it is just there to make sure that there is no potential difference between the house mains Earth circuits and the "negative" rail of the receiver circuits. OTOH, if the dish/shed is a long distance from the house, then there is still likely to be a potential difference between the house Earthing system and the shed and the ground around it - "life's like that"! My "sat farm" is about 25m from the house and the sheathes of the LNB cables are connected to the 2 long poles, with the steerable dishes on them, which are firmly set in the ground - and yet I occasionally get a slight "nip" from the sheath of one of those cables when it is not connected to a cable to the house or to the 16-1 DiSEqC switch (the Grounding terminal terminal of which is also directly connected to one of those poles)!! In that situation, a possible solution [I]might[/I] be to electrically isolate the dish from the shed - would need some sort of insulation around the bolts (or even using non-metallic - e.g. nylon - bolts) securing the dish to the shed?? [/QUOTE]
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