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Old 2-Sep-2015, 3:11 PM   #53
rabbit73
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I'm not an electrician and I can't see your setup. The local electrical inspector has the final say, but you might not want to get him involved; some are more friendly than others. A local electrician could advise you. Todd Humphrey doesn't speak for the NFPA that publishes the NEC code, but he has some ideas that are helpful.
Satellite System Grounding
Part 2 - NEC Overview
Presented by Todd Humphrey
http://www.dbsinstall.com/diy/Grounding-2.asp

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I have bought one of these: http://www.amazon.com/TII-Broadband-...tning+arrestor
That device will ground a spike from the center conductor of the coax to ground. It is not required by the code but some people feel better when they have one. There is a similar device built-in some surge suppressor power strips that ground the coax. It has been known to degrade OTA signals and pick up electrical interference from the AC line in the same housing.

For the price of that device you could have bought an RCA TVPRAMP1R preamp. The RCA TVPRAMP1R preamp does have a history of quality control problems, but you can buy three of them for the price of one Channel Master 7778. One of the problems is with the separate/combined switch. If you have the switch in the separate position to use two antennas, one for VHF and one for UHF as in your case, sometimes the switch doesn't make good contact with the VHF antenna. The workaround is to use a UVSJ to combine the two antennas and connect the UVSJ to the combined input of the preamp.

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Buying another amp right now is out of the question as i am running out of money lol.
I'll think about a way for you to use what you have now.
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