Accrington Web
     

Home Gallery Arcade Blogs Members List Today's Posts
Go Back   Accrington Web > AccyWeb > Questions and Answers
Reload this Page Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Donate! Join Today

Questions and Answers Feel free to ask any questions about Accrington and the surrounding area and hopefully one of our members can help you out.


Welcome to Accrington Web!

We are a discussion forum dedicated to the towns of Accrington, Oswaldtwistle and the surrounding areas, sometimes referred to as Hyndburn! We are a friendly bunch please feel free to browse or read on for more info.
You are currently viewing our site as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, photos, play in the community arcade and use our blog section. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, so please, join our community today!



Reply
Page 2 of 2 1 2
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 28-12-2007, 20:35   #16
Senior Member

 
Bonnyboy's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,931
Liked: 0 times
Rep Power: 2595
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Ours will freeze and lose signal, the weather has to be flippin bad though...like a summer thunderstorm when the rain is really hard.
__________________
Semper in stercore versor, solum altitudo mutat
Bonnyboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Accrington Web
Old 28-12-2007, 20:46   #17
Administrator


 
Neil's Avatar
 
Ace Driver Champion!
Onslaught 2.1 Champion!
Defender of the Holy Pig Champion!

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Oswaldtwistle
Posts: 17,105
Liked: 607 times
Rep Power: 290759
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
All that freezing and loss of signal might not happen with a zone 2 dish.
__________________
Site Forum Rules/ Site Disclaimer can be seen from this link
Neil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 20:47   #18
God Member
 
MargaretR's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: c l m
Posts: 12,362
Blog Entries: 4
Liked: 518 times
Rep Power: 68670
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil View Post
All that freezing and loss of signal might not happen with a zone 2 dish.
How much bigger are they?
__________________
MargaretR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 20:55   #19
God Member
 
Lilly's Avatar
 

Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Oswaldtwistle
Posts: 2,996
Liked: 0 times
Rep Power: 145
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
We get problems when there is bad weather....i.e. very heavy rain, snow etc.
It really hacks me off.
So do we. We get the picture breaking up.
__________________
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs, cackling and telling me
'You'll be next.' They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals.
Lilly is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 21:39   #20
Full Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: blackburn
Posts: 391
Liked: 0 times
Rep Power: 112
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lilly View Post
So do we. We get the picture breaking up.

Yep same here! Every time it's heavy rain.
forceten is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 21:48   #21
Administrator


 
Neil's Avatar
 
Ace Driver Champion!
Onslaught 2.1 Champion!
Defender of the Holy Pig Champion!

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Oswaldtwistle
Posts: 17,105
Liked: 607 times
Rep Power: 290759
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by [email protected] View Post
How much bigger are they?
I said in my first post

Quote:
zone 1 - 48cm zone 2 - 60cm
thats 12 cm or about 5" in old money.

It sounds like a few of you need your dish alignment tweaking.
I could make some money out of this thread
__________________
Site Forum Rules/ Site Disclaimer can be seen from this link
Neil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 21:50   #22
God Member
 
Lilly's Avatar
 

Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Oswaldtwistle
Posts: 2,996
Liked: 0 times
Rep Power: 145
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil View Post
I said in my first post



thats 12 cm or about 5" in old money.

It sounds like a few of you need your dish alignment tweaking.
I could make some money out of this thread
Are you a tweaker by trade then?
__________________
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs, cackling and telling me
'You'll be next.' They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals.
Lilly is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 22:15   #23
Administrator


 
Neil's Avatar
 
Ace Driver Champion!
Onslaught 2.1 Champion!
Defender of the Holy Pig Champion!

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Oswaldtwistle
Posts: 17,105
Liked: 607 times
Rep Power: 290759
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lilly View Post
Are you a tweaker by trade then?
No I tend to tweak mainly for fun. I have been tweaking for many years and if I do say so myself am very good at it
__________________
Site Forum Rules/ Site Disclaimer can be seen from this link
Neil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 22:16   #24
God Member
 
entwisi's Avatar
 

Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Up Bash
Posts: 7,827
Blog Entries: 3
Liked: 44 times
Rep Power: 4389
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
if your dish is correctly positioned and the cable from the LNB to teh receiver is in good conditon you shouldn't get any problems in heavy rain. If you are unlucky to live where there are trees in teh line of sight then that can cause an issue but simply repositioning teh dish can make a massive difference. YOu really need a decent installer who knows his job.
__________________
Ian

Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru

Have you seen my Flickr pictures?
entwisi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 22:19   #25
Senior Member
 
kathleen_firth's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: blackburn
Posts: 729
Blog Entries: 1
Liked: 0 times
Rep Power: 37
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
think it might be you dish need repositioning mine did it for a while got it sorted now
__________________
yummy mummy !!!!!!
kathleen_firth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2007, 23:36   #26
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 843
Liked: 1 times
Rep Power: 106
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Margateret I had this problem and then the signal went altogether. When I got a chappy out to it, apparently it hadnt been installed properly and rain had got in the cable and had leaked through. You could see all the rust on the box where the water had gone in so might be worth just checking that.

Didnt cost too much to sort but i could have neded up having to buy a new box, but luckily caught it in time
onlyme is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-12-2007, 11:43   #27
God Member
 
derekgas's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Accrington
Posts: 2,539
Liked: 2 times
Rep Power: 900
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by entwisi View Post
if your dish is correctly positioned and the cable from the LNB to teh receiver is in good conditon you shouldn't get any problems in heavy rain. If you are unlucky to live where there are trees in teh line of sight then that can cause an issue but simply repositioning teh dish can make a massive difference. YOu really need a decent installer who knows his job.
Is trying to find a decent sky installer as difficult as trying to find a decent plumber/heating or gas engineer? I know how hard that is, I spend my life putting thier jobs right!
__________________
www.fgcc.co
If time travel were possible, wouldn't somebody have been back or forward and told us by now?
derekgas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-12-2007, 17:26   #28
Administrator


 
Neil's Avatar
 
Ace Driver Champion!
Onslaught 2.1 Champion!
Defender of the Holy Pig Champion!

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Oswaldtwistle
Posts: 17,105
Liked: 607 times
Rep Power: 290759
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Quote:
Originally Posted by derekgas View Post
trying to find a decent plumber/heating or gas engineer?
CORGI registration = licence to print money
__________________
Site Forum Rules/ Site Disclaimer can be seen from this link
Neil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-12-2007, 17:40   #29
Senior Member+
 
fc:stanley's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Great Town Of Accrington
Posts: 2,615
Blog Entries: 1
Liked: 84 times
Rep Power: 1816
Re: Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal
Mines fine and its on the roof ! Its that fine rain that break the signal and also soaks you through
__________________
fc:stanley is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 2 of 2 1 2

« Does Wrapping Paper Recycle? | Digging for worms »



Other sites of interest.. More town sites..


Contact Us - Accrington - Archive - Privacy Statement - TOS - Top


All times are GMT. The time now is 07:28.


© 2003-2013 AccringtonWeb.com



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.1