Triax Td110 On Pole

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tooner

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My Satellite Setup
VU+ Solo2 with static dish for now.
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Belfast
My plan is to mount my Triax 1.1m (1m if anyone asks) on a north facing brick wall pointing the dish over the house so that it can face south. With the motor attached it seems quite heavy and I'm worried about what I'll have to use to get it to stay up. I was thinking of using a heavy pole with maybe 2 sets of T+K brackets just to be sure. Has anyone else experience pole mounting this dish before or have any advice how I can make sure it stays up?

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tooner
 
Yes indeed: I took mine down after a few weeks as I was not happy with wind-loading.

It was on a Moteck H-H Motor and an adequately stout pole with a single set of T&K.

That clearly wasn't enough, so T+K+K would be a good idea. A fourth bracket might not be necessary unless the exposure is particularly significant (ie Pole needing to extend well up beyond eaves etc.)
 
What Tivu said. Also, I would try getting hold of a wider pole - I have a 63mm one lying around, which I would use if I was to mount the dish over the roof. It does add extra weight though.
 
Thanks for the advice. Think I'll go for TKK and a thick strong pole. We get some high winds here because I'm beside the sea. Can any recommend somewhere online I can buy brackets and poles or am I best just to source locally? I live in Northern Ireland so postage can be pricey with heavy items.

Cheers
tooner
 
tooner said:
Thanks for the advice. Think I'll go for TKK and a thick strong pole. We get some high winds here because I'm beside the sea. Can any recommend somewhere online I can buy brackets and poles or am I best just to source locally? I live in Northern Ireland so postage can be pricey with heavy items.

Cheers
tooner
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Hi, have a drive to Bangor.

Staks Unit 7, Dunlop Industrial Estate 8, Balloo Drive, Bangor, Tel: 028 9146 9136

www.staks.org.uk

macx.
 
Try and get a steel scaffold mast, should be a solid install. Wall fixings need considering along with bracketry spacing.


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also remember to position the brackets so your drilling into the middle of the brick so it gets a good grip
 
macx said:
Hi, have a drive to Bangor.

Staks Unit 7, Dunlop Industrial Estate 8, Balloo Drive, Bangor, Tel: 028 9146 9136

www.staks.org.uk

macx.
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I actually live in Bangor and run a business in Balloo. I was going to go round today to staks as well! Thanks for advice everyone.
 
Serendipity strikes again!
 
A bit of thread hijacking but on a similar topic - what's the best rawl plug/bolt to use on wall installations? I think I usually use 5cm long bolts but not sure if that's enough.

Always scared of using anchor bolts as I've heard of stories of them splitting bricks.
 
After my first set of TK brackets rusted badly, I realised there was galvanising and the there was proper galvanising. I used this site which explained everything about galvanising and my brackets still look as good today as when I put them up.
.aerialsandtv.com/polesandbrackets.html#CoffeeAndCream

I also agree with the scaffold pole. I too live on the coast and tried various poles. I could never get a stong emough fix on ally poles and the motor would twist round in high winds. I also found that no matter how thick the ally was, if you tried tightening the motor bracket, it would deform it putting the arc out. A good scaffold pole lets you really tighten it up without deforming. I then used an aerosol can lid to sit on the top end to stop the rain from entering the middle of the scaffold pole but I have left the bottom open to allow the air to keep it dry.

I've not found a way to stop the Magpies from sitting on and pecking at my LNB though.
 
Guy in Staks was great. Went for 3 K brackets and he's cutting me a 12ft steel pole. Got a meter, load of cable, plugs, bolts etc. and it came in at about £75. Now I just need to read up on how to align the dish. The thing that has me confused is there's an elevation setting on both the motor and the dish. I take it I only need to set one?
 
Set the motor to your latitude (make sure you use the correct scale - NOT the elevation scale) and then adjust the elevation on the dish. You shouldn't need to to touch the motor scale except for the final fine-tuning.
 
It's going to be quite tough to adjust once it's up. I'm not quite sure what you mean but I've not read any guides in depth yet so I'll go do some research. Cheers.
 
Captain Jack said:
A bit of thread hijacking but on a similar topic - what's the best rawl plug/bolt to use on wall installations? I think I usually use 5cm long bolts but not sure if that's enough.

Always scared of using anchor bolts as I've heard of stories of them splitting bricks.
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They'll only break brick if they are over tightened, but will easily break hollow block. Personally for wall plugs I use Fischer plugs, (12x60mm plugs for M8 & M10 x 70mm bolts, and 14x70mm plugs for M10 & M12 x 80mm bolts).
 

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Captain Jack said:
A bit of thread hijacking but on a similar topic - what's the best rawl plug/bolt to use on wall installations? I think I usually use 5cm long bolts but not sure if that's enough.

Always scared of using anchor bolts as I've heard of stories of them splitting bricks.
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Personally I think chemical anchors are the way forward no expansion forces at all and super strong, hence this thread.
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/dish-upgrade.153890/#post-829062
 
Shouldn't crack the brick if not over tightened. I use Fischer m8 through bolts.


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