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  1. Bruce

    Recovering My Dish Network Equipment Schematic wise

    I believe this to be a prank of some type, he has started multiple threads about this subject for 2 years now, here is my original response to him- You seem to get shocked a lot- So you have gone from almost being electrocuted and wanting to sue to laughing about it weeks later...
  2. tjboston5676

    Recovering My Dish Network Equipment Schematic wise

    I went back and read all your old post. It's the sane thing for past two years and gotten nowhere. Because everything that was done in 2002 is no longer relevant. If you are getting shocked, you have an electrical issue somewhere. Either a grounding issue or a cable connector is making contact...
  3. Stuart Sweet

    Do you need special cable in order to ground your equipment?

    There’s an old song that goes, “I don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can.” I’m tempted to say the same applies to grounding. Grounding is so important and people will use almost any excuse not to ground their equipment. They will say it’s hard, they will say it’s expensive, and...
  4. HipKat

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    That wire isnt there. Kinda wish you'd panned back a little on that pic soi we could see what's connected to what in there. The orange one is ours. Not sure about the other two.
  5. tjboston5676

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    That's definitely improper grounding. The green ground wire should be attached to the orange hub, not the red splitter. Then the cable from dish should have a grounding wire (called a messenger wire that's part of the cable) with one end attached at dish mount and one end also attached to orange...
  6. R

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    Couple of pictures attached. The first picture shows the ground cable attached to thew splitter. It disappears into the wall, and probably snakes under the house. On the 2nd picture, the large cable to the bottom left comes from the dish itself. I don't see any "second black wire" attached to...
  7. R

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    I noticed a quiet buzz coming from the speakers, so I pulled the coax connection from the Hopper and the buzz was gone. (I had a problem restoring the Hopper picture. I had to reboot several times due to the blue screen of death but I got it going again.) The buzz was still present after...
  8. tjboston5676

    Hopper creating constant buzz?

    If there's electrical or grounding issues it can come and go. I've seen some pretty weird stuff. Ive had one where everyone the ac kicked on the receiver lost signal and as soon as compressor kicked off signal came back. Lifting the ground resolved. I had one where the dish was grounded to the...
  9. Stuart Sweet

    What’s on your spring “to do list?”

    In a couple of weeks, spring will be here. Sure, the first day of spring is here today, but the real “spring” we expect might take a little longer. It’s been a mild winter for much of the country. No matter, though — there is still work to once the remaining snows thaw and it’s safe to be up on...
  10. Stuart Sweet

    Should you really trust the previous homeowner’s wiring?

    Congratulations! You just moved into your new home. Well, it’s new to you. Rather than a new build, you chose for a home that someone else lived in. When you get there, you find a surprise: A lot of wiring’s already been done. There are a pair of wires running to the roof, plus a bunch of...
  11. Stuart Sweet

    A VERY basic discussion of grounding

    I was talking to someone recently and they told me that they really didn’t understand grounding. There are a lot of resources on this blog having to do with grounding. But, when I look at them, I realize that there’s no single article that goes over the grounding in a really basic way. So, I...
  12. Stuart Sweet

    Podcast #565: A simple explanation of grounding

    It’s the most important thing that you’re not doing. Learn what grounding is and why you should be doing it, in a simple and entertaining way. Shop Solid Signal - Signal Solutions including HDTV Antennas, DIRECTV and DISH Network satellite equipment and home entertainment supplies and...
  13. Stuart Sweet

    Time for another reminder: ground everything

    About once every three months or so, I tend to run an article like this. I’ve called grounding “the most important thing you’re not doing” and I stand by that. Even some professional installers don’t do a good job of grounding equipment, and in the end it’s up to you. You need to make sure that...
  14. Stuart Sweet

    Should you put a TV antenna on your boat?

    Marine enthusiasts all over the country have spent the last month putting their boats into drydock. It’s time to start outfitting them for the next summer of fun. Now’s the time to start thinking about upgrades, and how you’re going to use the boat during those fun summer months. Not everyone...
  15. HipKat

    LNB Drift?

    Grounding has nothing to do with it. Bonding the dish to a ground point only serves to remove static from the Dish itself. LNB drift can come from to causes. One is a Dish that is not properly peaked, the other from an LNB, that may be a refurb or is failing.
  16. Stuart Sweet

    FOOD FOR THOUGHT: They thought about grounding in 1749

    Technology is a big part of our modern lives. We don’t give a thought to all these modern conveniences. Whether it’s our phones, our TVs, or our cars, we spend all day surrounded in the latest tech. But all that really happened in the last several decades. Even 100 years ago, none of the things...
  17. Stuart Sweet

    NICE AND EASY: Should you put a lightning arrester on a dish?

    What you see is a lightning arrester. This particular one is for a high-tension power line. It’s a device designed to keep a lightning strike from traveling down a wire and ruining everything, because let’s face it, one lightning strike can (and will) ruin your entire day. If lightning can hit...
  18. Stuart Sweet

    WRONG TOOL/RIGHT TOOL: Ground your antenna

    Our “Wrong Tool / Right Tool” series, now in its 11th year, helps DIYers choose the best way to move forward with common projects. Folks, you should be grounding anything and everything on your roof. If it’s metal, it will have a tendency to accumulate static electricity. That’s the first step...
  19. Stuart Sweet

    Fall is here: Time to get ready

    This year sure has flown by, hasn’t it? This is the first year in a long time when practically everyone feels good about being out and about. There may be some health concerns in the months to come, but that’s a problem for tomorrow, right? Today the weather is pretty good, and maybe you might...
  20. G

    Hopper 3 got hit with lightning.

    I appreciate you entertaining my queries lol but I am going to ask how hard is it to do the whole hard drive switch? Now I'll admit I am a neophyte and if its more than unscrewing screws and unplugging it and plugging it into the other it might be outside my realm of ability. Also, if dish sees...
  21. tjboston5676

    Hopper 3 got hit with lightning.

    Technically of you removed the drive from old hopper and put it in new hopper you could see your recording. However I'm not sure if the receiver and smartcard numbers are stored into the hard drive. So it may say you aren't active. But from there I guess you could transfer to external hard drive...
  22. HipKat

    Failing LNB?

    That voltage can be checked with the IRD Port on the Sat Buddy and a jumper to the Coax In on the Hopper. For a Hopper it should be showing about 26Volts. For a VIP 722 about 17 Volts but you may have water damage, not at the LNB but in the Cabling/Connections
  23. dare2be

    Failing LNB?

    My 722 lost signal during a thunderstorm (typical Florida cloud cover event) but didn't come back after the storm passed. After multiple reset attempts and checking the point dish screen (all zeros on both 61.5 and 72.7), I discovered that if I leave the point dish screen up and unscrew the coax...
  24. Stuart Sweet

    Should you ground a coaxial surge protector? Do you even need a coaxial surge protector?

    What you see above you is a coaxial surge protector. It’s this one, in fact. While most coaxial surge protectors are designed for 50-ohm cables with N connectors, this one is designed for home cell booster systems with F connectors. It’s a mysterious piece of equipment, and a lot of folks don’t...
  25. Tom Speer

    Grounding Satellite + Antenna

    A ground loop is just that, a loop. The correct way to ground a DirecTV dish is to run a single ground to the electric system ground that is connected to the main electrical panel. That is what the National Electric Code requires for an outside antenna. That is what the ground wire on the...
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