redoing SAT installation after strong winds

[lynnx78]

Sweet then only one option

 

[sonnetpete]

I agree with the advice given. Looking at the photo, I'd guess the lower half of the dish is being obscured and perhaps you need to try and raise it by a couple of feet or so. Having tried to raise an assembled dish, motor and pole on my own before, you'd definitely need a second person to assist.

 

[Channel Hopper]

A piece of scaffold pole with an extra few inches would be the solution.

 

[TJExcalibur]

A piece of scaffold pole with an extra few inches would be the solution.

Now where have I heard a similar comment about a few inches!

 

[jeallen01]

A piece of scaffold pole with an extra few inches would be the solution.

Now where have I heard a similar comment about a few inches!

On a slightly more "sober" note, it would be possible to extend the length of an existing pole using a suitable length of scaffolding pole and a coupler sleeve (available on ebay if you don't have one) to attach the extra length to the bottom of that existing pole.

 

[Channel Hopper]

A longer piece of scaffold is going to be no more expensive.

 

[jeallen01]

Quite agree, but that means taking down the dish and existing pole - with a bit of luck, adding an extension piece below that will allow the extended "pole " to just be pushed up through the clamps on the brackets enough to get 30W properly and that will be a lot quicker and easier (and won't cause the same problem as you pointed out that I had with swivelling at the coupler!). Might however, mean that the lowest bracket has to be remounted up or down to miss the coupler.

 

[TJExcalibur]

judging by the photos in previous posts I think the existing ole is long enough. Move it up so the pole sticks below of the bottom bracket by a few inches. Job Done!

 

[jeallen01]

judging by the photos in previous posts I think the existing ole is long enough. Move it up so the pole sticks below of the bottom bracket by a few inches. Job Done!

TJ
You may well be right, but there is another advantage from (firmly!) attaching an extension to the lower end - then very easy to add one of those extra brackets discussed earlier.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Quite agree, but that means taking down the dish and existing pole - with a bit of luck, adding an extension piece below that will allow the extended "pole " to just be pushed up through the clamps on the brackets enough to get 30W properly and that will be a lot quicker and easier (and won't cause the same problem as you pointed out that I had with swivelling at the coupler!). Might however, mean that the lowest bracket has to be remounted up or down to miss the coupler.

If you remount the lowest bracket higher up on the wall, it may give the needed height for the dish above the roof without buying a clamp.

 

[lynnx78]

If you remount the lowest bracket higher up on the wall, it may give the needed height for the dish above the roof without buying a clamp.

correct!

 

[jeallen01]

Still think you would be very unwise not to add a 3rd bracket to spread the load across the wall surface - given the condition of at least one other of your walls!. But then, your time, your wall and your money.

 

[a33]

The line of sight checker from dishpointer.com (if that has a good picture of your house) will give an indication of how low your dish bottom may be below the rooftop hight, for receiving 30W.
But I guess you have already checked that.

greetz,
A33

 

[a33]

A rough estimate using the sun position could also help (you can use this calculator: Satellite Look Angle Calculator ): as it is winter now, the sun is always beneath the clarke belt (seen from northern hemisphere), so if the sun is visible at your intended dish position at the calculated hour, there is no problem at all.

For exact measurement you should wait till the next sun outage, though.

Sun outage time is nearing, at our altitudes.......