Hit By Lightning!

[lagman]

All,

My house was hit by lightning.. My downstairs H20 works fine except the new satellite (the one that has the HD locals) gets no signal. My upstairs H20 doesn't pick up a signal on any satellites. I switched the boxes and the problems did not follow the boxes, so I am suspecting the multi-switch (The boxes were on a surge protector). What do you guys think? If it is the switch, does anyone know exactly what type I need for the 5LNB dish and where I can buy one?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[mjones1973]

Do you have a multiswitch or are the lines going directly to the dish? The multiswitch in the dish is built into the LNB head and can supply up to 4 feeds, not sure if you can buy them seperately yet or if you'd have to buy a whole new dish.

If you do have more then 4 feeds then you should have a Zinwell WB68 somewhere, it's the only switch that works with the new dish.

 

[hdtvtechno]

What kind of dish do you currently have ?

 

[stevesmall]

All,

My house was hit by lightning.. My downstairs H20 works fine except the new satellite (the one that has the HD locals) gets no signal. My upstairs H20 doesn't pick up a signal on any satellites. I switched the boxes and the problems did not follow the boxes, so I am suspecting the multi-switch (The boxes were on a surge protector). What do you guys think? If it is the switch, does anyone know exactly what type I need for the 5LNB dish and where I can buy one?

Thanks,
Dan

i dont know the exact model but it is a zinwell . do you have the protection plan? it is covered for this. and if you are in your 90 days of having these installed even without the protection pln it might be covered. i would forget to tell them about the lightning strike just tell them the part about the boxes not working. they will make you troubleshoot over the phone it might be worth it.