Dish Network grounding

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dlhoule said:
Trevor: Why didn't you just start new thread?

http://www.mikeholt.com/newsletters....y&letterID=201

Are there any other localities doing this? It seems like a great idea to me.

Some of the cable companies around here have a 90Volt signal on their line and they are buried less than 6"; most without proper ground.
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Well I thought of it but I figured since you posted it first then maybe you would want to start a new thread.

When I had my Dish Network system installed several years ago the installer provided no lightning protection or shield grounding on the cables. The installer told me that they don't bother to provide lightning protection when the dish is surrounded by higher trees. Given the fact that I had to lend him some tools I wasn't about to argue with the guy since he obviously had no clue. Since the installer had finished and left I called Dish technical support and they told me that the system should have been installed according to the NEC and that they would have to schedule an appointment to send out another guy to fix the problem. So I thought about spending half a day waiting for them to show up and decided to simply fix the problem myself. After reading Mike's newsletter I'm not surprised that a huge number of their installs are unsafe.
 
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