Doh! Heavy rain = NO sky signal - Page 2

Bonnyboy · 28-12-2007, 19:35

Ours will freeze and lose signal, the weather has to be flippin bad though...like a summer thunderstorm when the rain is really hard.

Neil · 28-12-2007, 19:46

All that freezing and loss of signal might not happen with a zone 2 dish.

MargaretR · 28-12-2007, 19:47

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Originally Posted by Neil

All that freezing and loss of signal might not happen with a zone 2 dish.

How much bigger are they?

Lilly · 28-12-2007, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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.

forceten · 28-12-2007, 20:39

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Originally Posted by Lilly

So do we. We get the picture breaking up.

Yep same here! Every time it's heavy rain.

Neil · 28-12-2007, 20:48

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Originally Posted by margaret@rothwell5.f

How much bigger are they?

I said in my first post

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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

Lilly · 28-12-2007, 20:50

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Originally Posted by Neil

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?

Neil · 28-12-2007, 21:15

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Originally Posted by Lilly

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

entwisi · 28-12-2007, 21:16

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.

kathleen_firth · 28-12-2007, 21:19

think it might be you dish need repositioning mine did it for a while got it sorted now

onlyme · 28-12-2007, 22:36

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

derekgas · 29-12-2007, 10:43

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Originally Posted by entwisi

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!

Neil · 29-12-2007, 16:26

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Originally Posted by derekgas

trying to find a decent plumber/heating or gas engineer?

CORGI registration = licence to print money

fc:stanley · 29-12-2007, 16:40

Mines fine and its on the roof ! Its that fine rain that break the signal and also soaks you through