Grounding the satellite dish to airconditioner's body


pebbles , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 08:53:47 PM

l had my dishnetwork is dish installed but the guy did not find my house is 
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grounding system so he wanted me to ground it. He pulled the green wire 
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from the dish and told me to find a grounding spot and connect to it. l 
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connected that green cable to the Air-conditioner is blower (the big fan 
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system in the garage/basemnet that blows AC / heater is air to the house 
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air duct). My idea is since this AC unit is already grounded, it is safe 
to ground my dish on that. Am l right?
 
 
 
 
 

Sweet T , Friday, 13th of August 2010 12:32:21 AM

The ground on ur AC would ground the dish but it could have  
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unwanted voltage in it that could cause RFI (radio frequency  
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interferance). This could cause anything from static to damage from  
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feedback in extreme cases. The best ground would be a heavy copper wire  
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going to a 5 or 6 foot pipe in the ground. If you look at the power meter  
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outside, you will notice a heavy, bare, solid wire going to a pipe in the  
ground. This is the meters ground. All the grounds in the house eventually  
go to this ground. Antennas will work on other electrical devices grounds,  
but may pick up electrical interferance, or worse yet, be damaged by  
feedback from malfuntioning devices or electrical storms. A direct to  
earth ground would be better.  
 
 
 
 
 



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