Best solution for keeping snow off my dish

[smakovits]

I did some poking around and found a few threads, but nothing seemed very current. I was curious what is recommended as the best solution for heating my dish to keep off unwanted snow and ice. Last night we had our first wet heavy snow and I lost signal. I finally got a few channels back around 930 today, but still not everything. I started to looking in to heating solution and found a few that you may stick on the back of the dish, other say they use a few flood lamps when needed. I am just curious to see what others do when the dish is on the roof. I am looking to be efficient and also cost effective if possible. thanks

 

[papalittle]

I use Car wax the paste type. Also heard that rain-x works good too.

 

[vash1090]

Teflon-based cooking spray.

 

[navychop]

I'm still trying to decide if it's more important to clear the dish or clear the LNBs.

 

[HIFI]

supersoaker and warm water

 

[harshness]

The old way is still the best way: a dish heater.

 

[DodgerKing]

Move where it doesn't snow.

 

[pabeader]

umbrella over dish. since signal comes from lower, it won't block it.

 

[smoeke]

make a roof for it.

i never get snow on mine at all

roof can hang about 1 foot over dish and signal comes in at a lower angle.

 

[renegade734]

Flame thrower

 

[gearheadchnc]

Heating is good. Teflon spray also but spray both the dish and the entire lnb and a dish 500 or 500+ or 1000+ or 1000.2 will do better then a 61.5 or eastern arc due to its lower dish elevation settings. Personal experince.

 

[Sassan]

Rain X is cheap, easy, and effective.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Everytime we get the first snow, we get people complaining that they lost their signal and they all want to order Dish heaters.

So then I order Dish heaters, and when we get them in the customers change their mind and I get stuck with the heaters.

I have never heated my Dishes, and have never had any problems.

 

[jwolf]

That would be a nice job for the wife for the winter. Buy her a nice broom for Christmas, and tell her that you will see her in spring!!

 

[robstudio]

My solution is a broom mounted on an extendable painting stick... for the hard to reach dish Brush off and repeat when necessary...

 

[dwarren2]

When my 2 dishes were on the peak of the roof, I tried the cooking spray. Really didn't work, so I never bothered to do anything. I only have the snow problem maybe once or twice a year. Only when there is a heavy wet snow. Most snowstorms don't bother it. I live on the edge of the Lake Ontario snow belt.

Now that I have the EARC dish mounted right on the edge of the roof, I will see what happens this season. With it's new position, I don't have access to the dish.

 

[lazydogmot]

A picture is worth a thousand words. Uh....this is from when I lived in the hills of Northern California. As you can see, I moved.

 

[vash1090]

We don't see it

 

[lazydogmot]

N/E Florida. You don't see that?

 

[Dirtydan]

I use small black trash bag on dish, and tape a piece of acrylic plastic on lnb, the plastic extends a couple inch over the front of lnb. On rare occasions when snow sticks to bag, it is very easy to remove.
Dan