 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium join:2002-05-02 Mount Airy, MD | reply to ip_power
Re: AG Look at your dish and DirecTV FIRST said by ip_power:Come on, I understand Electric Codes, but first take a look at those SatDish installs, are they grounded (EXTERNAL TO THE HOME), has there been any lightening strike, personal property damage. I was wondering about this myself.
I have an unused DirecTV dish outside of my house and the two coaxial cables come into the basement and just dangle in the air. I don't see any grounding blocks or any other means of grounding these wires. Are these supposed to be grounded? -- "At the moment of conception." |
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 Airwolf7Premium join:2004-12-12 Franklin, KY kudos:1 | If it's not connected to anything then I guess it doesn't really matter.
There should have been a grounding block. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium join:2002-05-02 Mount Airy, MD | said by Airwolf7:If it's not connected to anything then I guess it doesn't really matter. Why is it when I read that I get a "famous last words" feeling?  -- "At the moment of conception." |
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 public join:2002-01-19 Santa Clara, CA | said by pnh102:said by Airwolf7:If it's not connected to anything then I guess it doesn't really matter. Why is it when I read that I get a "famous last words" feeling? Now why would a wingnut need to have something properly installed? The dangling cables from a dish mounted as a lightning air terminal provide a path for lightning to enter the house. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium join:2002-05-02 Mount Airy, MD | said by public:The dangling cables from a dish mounted as a lightning air terminal provide a path for lightning to enter the house. I am wondering if the previous owner had grounded the wires when they had been last hooked up to something. -- "At the moment of conception." |
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