Newbie Here Advice on install

[stephen211270]

it would be ok if I only had to go 3ft above gutter but for the bottom of the dish to be in line or above the main roof I reckon at least 4ft could be wrong

 

[Captain Jack]

24 is safe but I think 18 would be ok too, since you'll have the motor and the dish bracket pushing it further away from the wall. 18 is preferable because of less distance from the wall

 

[Archived-1]

it would be ok if I only had to go 3ft above gutter but for the bottom of the dish to be in line or above the main roof I reckon at least 4ft could be wrong

LOL, are we now at the back of the house, if so stick it on the chimney like I said in the fist place ive worked in and around construction all my live and that Victorian chimney is going nowhere. 2 K and 2 chimney straps and a long scaffold pole.

 

[stephen211270]

Lol its like am going round in circles and getting know where . I would put it on chimney but my neighbor is a grump

 

[Archived-1]

This could be your arc on the front of the house above the gutter probably a chance at 70.5 if nothing is on the horizon, if you put it lower on the front you should still get 57E, on the back were it was you would loose a fair bit E/W,

 

[stephen211270]

cheers martin do you reckon this would do the job http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminium...a22c098&pid=100005&rk=5&rkt=6&sd=191672583066 I reckon one would do me

 

[Archived-1]

I would use nothing else but an ally scaffold pole,

It will do the job but ally will be more forgiving in gail force winds.

 

[Captain Jack]

Ste, that price is a rip-off and, like Martin says, don't go with aluminium, especially when it's above the gutter. Definitely go to a local scaffold merchant (or a nearby construction - there's always someone here putting scaffolding up) and get a decent pole from them.

When I was putting my 1.2m Gibby up years ago, I got 3x 2 metre long poles plus some couplers for a tenner...

 

[stephen211270]

right I am finally going to get sorted I am going to put the dish like on the picture attached I phoned up a scaffolding place that is not that far from me £1.00 per foot charge jobs a goodin phoned my landlord to get permission all cool .I reckon a 5ft poll from roof will bring me in line with main roof all supports will be from the inside of loft what do you guys think ?

thanks to all the guys who have helped and given advice you guys are cool

 

[stephen211270]

Just waiting for my U Bolts to arrive before I can install . could anyone give any clue as to where 0 is located on this Lnb
thanks

 

[TJExcalibur]

Just waiting for my U Bolts to arrive before I can install . could anyone give any clue as to where 0 is located on this Lnb
thanks

On the top, dead centre.

 

[TJExcalibur]

right I am finally going to get sorted I am going to put the dish like on the picture attached I phoned up a scaffolding place that is not that far from me £1.00 per foot charge jobs a goodin phoned my landlord to get permission all cool .I reckon a 5ft poll from roof will bring me in line with main roof all supports will be from the inside of loft what do you guys think ?

thanks to all the guys who have helped and given advice you guys are cool

Don't forget you will need a flashing to dress around the pole and onto the tiles.

 

[Captain Jack]

That LNB is funny, it has some weird angle that makes it look like it's pointing at 45 degrees when it's not. Basically, the connector should be pointing straight down.

I would suggest that you try an Inverto Black Ultra LNB as well. They are cheap and generally perform better than most others out there.

 

[stephen211270]

cheers guys

 

[Archived-1]

The TM 0.1 does not perform very well on my setup, but the 02 TM performs better than the black ultra, I think the 0.1 are for long cable runs, anyhow the Tm LNB have marks on them so you cant go wrong.

 

[stephen211270]

Hi martin
if I line the 2 points up as in picture the connection point is sideways not pointing downwards

 

[Archived-1]

No pal line these up

 

[Archived-1]

Like this.

 

[stephen211270]

arr right thank you very much yet again you been a big help

 

[Archived-1]

I would swap that lnb in the near future like Alex says, it does not perform very well on weak signals, but it will get you started.