A few months ago I upgraded from a 625 box to Hopper. The installer plugged the hopper into a "cheater" plug before plugging it into the power. I asked why he eliminated the electrical ground and he said he does that with all his Hopper installs now. He's had several of them fail right after plugging them in and using cheater plugs has stopped that.
I'm just guessing but maybe those failures were caused by not bonding the antenna ground to the service ground and difference in potential tried to balance through the Hopper's circuitry. I don't know enough about Hopper circuitry to know if that's even possible
For what it's worth, my antenna is properly grounded to the service ground through a solo node.
Can anyone here shed some light on why an installer would use a cheater plug?
I'm just guessing but maybe those failures were caused by not bonding the antenna ground to the service ground and difference in potential tried to balance through the Hopper's circuitry. I don't know enough about Hopper circuitry to know if that's even possible
For what it's worth, my antenna is properly grounded to the service ground through a solo node.
Can anyone here shed some light on why an installer would use a cheater plug?