No matter where you install the dish, you must run a separate ground
wire to earth via a ground rod and #6 copper wire. The amount you will
spend and time involved will be far cheaper than a lightning strike or
nearby strike. I would also highly recommend a *special* supressor made
by Panamax. They guarantee your equipment too. Most satellite installers
put this unit in all their installations. It lists for almost US$100 but
they can be purchased on line for US$39.99. It also protects eight AC
outlets and your phone line (especially if the satellite receiver is
connected to the phone.

Before I got this unit, I took a near strike and it blew my dish,
receiver, Tivo, VCR, two phones, computer, dish switch, and DVD player.
According to the Panamax guarantee, they would replace everything. Maybe
so, maybe not, but it's still worth it. I have six satellite downlinks
around the country and within the last three years, I lost three systems
due to lightning. They all have this supressor and ever since, I have
not lost any. I bought a dozen of them and have them on everything
electronic and computer related.

The model number is Powermax 8 DBS +3 and is available at:
http://www.adwizards.com/lightning/

No, I don't work for them.....but should.

Rick C.



>BY: Matt Redmond email (remove SPAM text from address)

>Hi All,

>I've got a question related to this discussion.

>I'm putting a DirecTV dish up at my house & the thing
>obviously needs to be grounded in case it gets hit bu
>lightning.

>There are several possible locations for the dish, one of
>them on the side of my house near my breaker box (which
>the builder STUPIDLY put outside the house!) and house's
>earth ground.

>Any other location would require that the dish either (a)
>have its own ground, or (b) have a cable run to the
>house's ground.

>Keeping in mind that the dish will have one or more coax
>cables running to expensive stuff in the house, where
>would y'all put the dish & how would you ground it?

>Thanks!

>-matt

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