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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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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?
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Airwolf7
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Franklin, KY
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If it's not connected to anything then I guess it doesn't really matter.

There should have been a grounding block.



pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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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?
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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.


pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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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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