the4lams said:
I had E* installed yesterday and the Coax is running through my ridge vent on my roof (my choice, I had new RG6 ran to the attic for this purpose) and straight into my 622. Since the grounding block for the cable is down on the ground, he could not ground the Satellite to that. He said if I get a surge protector that has a digital coax protection built in and installed this prior to the coax entering the 622 that I would be fine. Is this true? Will that be sufficient for grounding? Are the conditioneer/surge protectors the same? The cheaper AR ones that are about $30?
No this does not meet DNS standards, aka straight shooting. The install would automatically fail QAS.
The installer may have something with the surge protector in theory, who knows.
Off the top of my head:
Ground block inside within 3feet of POE #10 AWG to grounding source (House braid, cold water pipe, electric meter, etc)
Ground block outside - #10 AWG cannot exceed 80 feet to ground block from ground source.
One connection only, ie you cant use an existing split bolt on a ground braid and share it with the telco - one connecting device to #10 wire only. This rule applies elsewhere at all connections.
-On a dish you must install a ground lug utilizing #17AWG messenger wire - one end to the ground block one to the dish.
-Dish to dish - #10 AWG (recent change) in between both dishes.
-You cannot use dissimilar metals - ie on a galvanized pole mount you cannot have a copper ground strap.
-Utility gas pipes are not an approved ground source.
-Water spickets - the ground strap must be on the cold water pipe itself, NOT the spicket.
You must utilize the first approved grounding source available. No sharp bends in wire. Utilize shortest path possible.
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Possibily in your case I'd tuck a #10 wire in the j-channel on up close enough to the dish I could, keep in mind I never physically seen your particular location. But more or less there is always a ground available.
SBC/ATT has slightly different grounding standards then DNS itself.
Apartments Good luck.