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Charlie Hoffpauir
Mar 16, 2012, 6:24:53 PM3/16/12
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Hopefully, someone out there knows if it's OK to paint a DirecTV Dish.
Mine is beginning to look VERY bad (see the pic posted here:
http://www.photoshop.com/users/crhoffpauir/albums/37298e5acf364403adddc6b40cf45c77/view#c5f18efdc6ed4cf4a7f9f2557f859797
And if it's OK, I'd really like to know if I need to use a special
paint. I called DirecTV tech support, and the girl on the other end
said definitely don't paint it..... but I find that hard to believe.
Also after checking, she said they would come out an replace the Dish
for $50.00. The high cost is mainly the cost of re-aligning,
according to her.... which seems reasonable that it would need to be
re-aligned after the change out..... but I don't feel like shelling
out $50.00 if I can just make it look better with a spray can of
paint.
Mine is beginning to look VERY bad (see the pic posted here:
http://www.photoshop.com/users/crhoffpauir/albums/37298e5acf364403adddc6b40cf45c77/view#c5f18efdc6ed4cf4a7f9f2557f859797
And if it's OK, I'd really like to know if I need to use a special
paint. I called DirecTV tech support, and the girl on the other end
said definitely don't paint it..... but I find that hard to believe.
Also after checking, she said they would come out an replace the Dish
for $50.00. The high cost is mainly the cost of re-aligning,
according to her.... which seems reasonable that it would need to be
re-aligned after the change out..... but I don't feel like shelling
out $50.00 if I can just make it look better with a spray can of
paint.
Seth
Mar 16, 2012, 6:55:32 PM3/16/12
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"Charlie Hoffpauir" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:03f7m7psgih9en6s1...@4ax.com...
years ago and the popular answer was you can, just don't use a glossy paint.
B) if you buy a new dish form say eBay and get the same physical dish as
what you have you can just change out the dish pan without changing the
alignment. It's just 4 screws holding the face to the mount. But if you do
move anything then yes it would need to be realigned.
Ed Pawlowski
Mar 16, 2012, 10:33:47 PM3/16/12
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paints may alter the characteristics of how the signal is received or
reflect it in some way. Perhaps you need a metallic paint. Perhaps
you must avoid metallic paint.
While prepping it for paint, don't be so aggressive that you change
the alignment.
Worst case scenario is you have to pay $50 to have it replaced. Not a
bad price to have someone climb up on the roof, do the labor and check
out the system up there.
I'm curious though, if you are so sure the tech support person is
wrong and you are right, why did you bother calling?
Charlie Hoffpauir
Mar 16, 2012, 10:38:50 PM3/16/12
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suggestion because I had no idea the dish could be changed without
changing the alignment.
Charlie Hoffpauir
Mar 16, 2012, 10:41:55 PM3/16/12
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kind of paint to use. I had no idea she would say it's not paintable.
Based on what Seth posted (and I'll look at the dish carefully first),
it would seem I can remove the dish (the reflector), paint it, and
reinstall it all without disturbing the alignment. Now I just need to
know what to paint it with.
Dr. Personality
Mar 16, 2012, 10:59:58 PM3/16/12
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In article <2au7m7hs97iel2k1v...@4ax.com>, Charlie
shouldn't have rusted. The bolts still look good, which makes me even
more suspicious. You've got rust on your chimney cap, too.
I think your dish isn't properly grounded, and the charge is promoting
rust. You should have somebody come out and fix that.
Hoffpauir <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
> Based on what Seth posted (and I'll look at the dish carefully first),
> it would seem I can remove the dish (the reflector), paint it, and
> reinstall it all without disturbing the alignment. Now I just need to
> know what to paint it with.
There's something wrong with the dish, and paint won't help. That dish
> Based on what Seth posted (and I'll look at the dish carefully first),
> it would seem I can remove the dish (the reflector), paint it, and
> reinstall it all without disturbing the alignment. Now I just need to
> know what to paint it with.
shouldn't have rusted. The bolts still look good, which makes me even
more suspicious. You've got rust on your chimney cap, too.
I think your dish isn't properly grounded, and the charge is promoting
rust. You should have somebody come out and fix that.
Charlie Hoffpauir
Mar 16, 2012, 11:26:04 PM3/16/12
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The Chimney cap is really old, it was on the house when we bought the
house 18 years ago, and the chimney's been "out of operation" since
then. You can't see it in the picture, but there's an old out of
service Direcway internet dish mounted just to the right of the
DirecTV dish. It's been there much longer than the DirecTV dish, as
was an older DirecTV non-HD dish mounted on the same post that now
holds the rusty dish. Neither of the other dishes rusted, and they're
all on the same ground system, so I really doubt that grounding (or
lack of it) is the problem. Maybe it was just a badly
constructed/painted dish. But I will check the bonding wire connection
to this dish out to make sure they didn't do something stupid like put
an insulator in the connection.
Timothy Daniels
Apr 18, 2012, 12:30:28 AM4/18/12
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and a guy wrote that he had painted his dish and saw no signal problems.
But... the dish is supposed to be a reflector. It's quite conceivable that
various paints have different degrees of signal absorption as the signal
passes through the paint on its way in toward the concave metal surface
and again on the way out to the LNB. Will you be able to find a low-
absorption paint that is also weather proof? Furthermore, your dish shows
a layer of rust over roughly half its surface. Rust is not a good signal reflector,
and will you be able to remove all the rust and not bend the dish? Plus, paint
and steel wool and your labor and risk to your neck while climbing up to
the roof twice doesn't seem to be worth less than the $50 that DirecTV
would charge to put in a new dish. It seems to me to be a no-brainer in
favor of letting the pro do it and take the risk to *his* neck. I recall the
funeral when I was a kid of a man who fell off his roof while adjusting his
TV antenna. He left behind a wife and two boys. They were sad.
*TimDaniels*
Lee
Apr 18, 2012, 8:26:42 AM4/18/12
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Hmm I just got a quote of $73 to put up a new dish. I am in Florida!
Timothy Daniels wrote:
> doesn't seem to be worth less than the $50 that DirecTV
> would charge to put in a new dish.
--
Lee US Army Retired
2004 Georgie Boy Cruise Master
Skype: lee.g.bray and logitech
Timothy Daniels wrote:
> doesn't seem to be worth less than the $50 that DirecTV
> would charge to put in a new dish.
Lee US Army Retired
2004 Georgie Boy Cruise Master
Skype: lee.g.bray and logitech
Billns
Apr 18, 2012, 12:32:01 PM4/18/12
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On 4/18/2012 5:26 AM, Lee wrote:
> Hmm I just got a quote of $73 to put up a new dish. I am in Florida!
>
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> doesn't seem to be worth less than the $50 that DirecTV
>> would charge to put in a new dish.
>
That $73 price is still a bargain compared with the hassle of doing it
> Hmm I just got a quote of $73 to put up a new dish. I am in Florida!
>
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> doesn't seem to be worth less than the $50 that DirecTV
>> would charge to put in a new dish.
>
yourself. I quit climbing on my roof for any reason about 15 years ago.
Bill
Lee
Apr 18, 2012, 3:05:52 PM4/18/12
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Wow you must be either awfully old or awfully smart (grin)
Billns wrote:
> That $73 price is still a bargain compared with the hassle of doing it
> yourself. I quit climbing on my roof for any reason about 15 years ago.
Billns wrote:
> That $73 price is still a bargain compared with the hassle of doing it
> yourself. I quit climbing on my roof for any reason about 15 years ago.
Billns
Apr 18, 2012, 6:13:26 PM4/18/12
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On 4/18/2012 12:05 PM, Lee wrote:
> Wow you must be either awfully old or awfully smart (grin)
>
>
> Billns wrote:
>> That $73 price is still a bargain compared with the hassle of doing it
>> yourself. I quit climbing on my roof for any reason about 15 years ago.
>
I'd like to say I'm both, but I'll just give my age as 81... <big grin>
> Wow you must be either awfully old or awfully smart (grin)
>
>
> Billns wrote:
>> That $73 price is still a bargain compared with the hassle of doing it
>> yourself. I quit climbing on my roof for any reason about 15 years ago.
>
Bill
Lee
Apr 18, 2012, 7:55:11 PM4/18/12
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Hmmm will have to give that some thought, I will be 73 this year and am
still scrambling up and down on the roof. If I was smart I would stay
on the ground but maybe I can talk the wife about my age and the fact
insurance agencies don't pay off on suicide and at my age it is almost
that. (grin) I was really having severe leg and lower back pains but
cured it by missing a step as I came out of the RV and was instantly
cured after I landed on my back. The doctor said my diagnosis must have
been right when I told him I thought it was the sciatic nerve being pinched.
Billns wrote:
> I'd like to say I'm both, but I'll just give my age as 81... <big grin>
>
> Bill
still scrambling up and down on the roof. If I was smart I would stay
on the ground but maybe I can talk the wife about my age and the fact
insurance agencies don't pay off on suicide and at my age it is almost
that. (grin) I was really having severe leg and lower back pains but
cured it by missing a step as I came out of the RV and was instantly
cured after I landed on my back. The doctor said my diagnosis must have
been right when I told him I thought it was the sciatic nerve being pinched.
Billns wrote:
> I'd like to say I'm both, but I'll just give my age as 81... <big grin>
>
> Bill
Billns
Apr 19, 2012, 4:33:11 PM4/19/12
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On 4/18/2012 4:55 PM, Lee wrote:
> Hmmm will have to give that some thought, I will be 73 this year and am
> still scrambling up and down on the roof. If I was smart I would stay
> on the ground but maybe I can talk the wife about my age and the fact
> insurance agencies don't pay off on suicide and at my age it is almost
> that. (grin) I was really having severe leg and lower back pains but
> cured it by missing a step as I came out of the RV and was instantly
> cured after I landed on my back. The doctor said my diagnosis must have
> been right when I told him I thought it was the sciatic nerve being
> pinched.
>
> Billns wrote:
>> I'd like to say I'm both, but I'll just give my age as 81... <big grin>
>>
>> Bill
>
I'm not about to fall down purposely but the pinched sciatic nerve
> Hmmm will have to give that some thought, I will be 73 this year and am
> still scrambling up and down on the roof. If I was smart I would stay
> on the ground but maybe I can talk the wife about my age and the fact
> insurance agencies don't pay off on suicide and at my age it is almost
> that. (grin) I was really having severe leg and lower back pains but
> cured it by missing a step as I came out of the RV and was instantly
> cured after I landed on my back. The doctor said my diagnosis must have
> been right when I told him I thought it was the sciatic nerve being
> pinched.
>
> Billns wrote:
>> I'd like to say I'm both, but I'll just give my age as 81... <big grin>
>>
>> Bill
>
diagnosis is what I got from my doctor a couple weeks ago after I could
hardly walk. A week of Celebrex, use of a hot pad, and riding on an
exercise bike brought me back into shape, although the leg is still
tender if I walk more than a couple blocks.
A good friend died after falling off a ladder while pruning a tree in
his front yard recently. He too was 81.
Bill
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Lee
Jun 3, 2012, 7:54:49 AM6/3/12
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Hi Bill
Believe me I did not fall on purpose but it sure did clear up the pain.
I was lucky and know it. I just missed a step and went a$$ over tea
kettle and landed squarely on my back. Maybe you could irritate the
other half and she might give you a push? (grin) Have not hurt in
quite a while and it feels good. Hey try a couple of trust falls. You
know where someone is supposed to catch you! Who knows!
Billns wrote:
> I'm not about to fall down purposely but the pinched sciatic nerve
>diagnosis is what I got from my doctor a couple weeks ago after I could
>hardly walk. A week of Celebrex, use of a hot pad, and riding on an
>exercise bike brought me back into shape, although the leg is still
>tender if I walk more than a couple blocks.
>
>A good friend died after falling off a ladder while pruning a tree in
>his front yard recently. He too was 81.
>
>Bill
Believe me I did not fall on purpose but it sure did clear up the pain.
I was lucky and know it. I just missed a step and went a$$ over tea
kettle and landed squarely on my back. Maybe you could irritate the
other half and she might give you a push? (grin) Have not hurt in
quite a while and it feels good. Hey try a couple of trust falls. You
know where someone is supposed to catch you! Who knows!
Billns wrote:
> I'm not about to fall down purposely but the pinched sciatic nerve
>diagnosis is what I got from my doctor a couple weeks ago after I could
>hardly walk. A week of Celebrex, use of a hot pad, and riding on an
>exercise bike brought me back into shape, although the leg is still
>tender if I walk more than a couple blocks.
>
>A good friend died after falling off a ladder while pruning a tree in
>his front yard recently. He too was 81.
>
>Bill
Dr. Personality
Jun 3, 2012, 2:08:33 PM6/3/12
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In article <ggIyr.25262$Lh2....@news.usenetserver.com>, Lee
somehow cured his 35-year-old case of deafness. He didn't even hit his
head.
<lbra...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Billns wrote:
>
> > I'm not about to fall down purposely but the pinched sciatic nerve
> >diagnosis is what I got from my doctor a couple weeks ago after I could
> >hardly walk. A week of Celebrex, use of a hot pad, and riding on an
> >exercise bike brought me back into shape, although the leg is still
> >tender if I walk more than a couple blocks.
> >
> >A good friend died after falling off a ladder while pruning a tree in
> >his front yard recently. He too was 81.
> >
> >Bill
> Hi Bill
>
> Believe me I did not fall on purpose but it sure did clear up the pain.
> I was lucky and know it. I just missed a step and went a$$ over tea
> kettle and landed squarely on my back. Maybe you could irritate the
> other half and she might give you a push? (grin) Have not hurt in
> quite a while and it feels good. Hey try a couple of trust falls. You
> know where someone is supposed to catch you! Who knows!
We have a guy around here who fell off a ladder and, in doing so,
> Billns wrote:
>
> > I'm not about to fall down purposely but the pinched sciatic nerve
> >diagnosis is what I got from my doctor a couple weeks ago after I could
> >hardly walk. A week of Celebrex, use of a hot pad, and riding on an
> >exercise bike brought me back into shape, although the leg is still
> >tender if I walk more than a couple blocks.
> >
> >A good friend died after falling off a ladder while pruning a tree in
> >his front yard recently. He too was 81.
> >
> >Bill
> Hi Bill
>
> Believe me I did not fall on purpose but it sure did clear up the pain.
> I was lucky and know it. I just missed a step and went a$$ over tea
> kettle and landed squarely on my back. Maybe you could irritate the
> other half and she might give you a push? (grin) Have not hurt in
> quite a while and it feels good. Hey try a couple of trust falls. You
> know where someone is supposed to catch you! Who knows!
somehow cured his 35-year-old case of deafness. He didn't even hit his
head.
Lee
Jun 3, 2012, 2:22:22 PM6/3/12
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With that name I doubt it.
Dr. Personality wrote:
> We have a guy around here who fell off a ladder and, in doing so,
> somehow cured his 35-year-old case of deafness. He didn't even hit his
> head.
Dr. Personality wrote:
> We have a guy around here who fell off a ladder and, in doing so,
> somehow cured his 35-year-old case of deafness. He didn't even hit his
> head.
Dr. Personality
Jun 3, 2012, 2:25:11 PM6/3/12
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In article <BXNyr.66159$t95....@news.usenetserver.com>, Lee
<lbra...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Dr. Personality wrote:
> > We have a guy around here who fell off a ladder and, in doing so,
> > somehow cured his 35-year-old case of deafness. He didn't even hit his
> > head.
> With that name I doubt it.
Excuse me?
> Dr. Personality wrote:
> > We have a guy around here who fell off a ladder and, in doing so,
> > somehow cured his 35-year-old case of deafness. He didn't even hit his
> > head.
> With that name I doubt it.
Lee
Jun 3, 2012, 3:09:20 PM6/3/12
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Well this one is on me. I did not recognize your non de plume and after
the fact with this msg, realized you were not a troll, my
apologies! Even read some of your other posts before sending this
reply.
Dr. Personality wrote:
>> With that name I doubt it.
>
> Excuse me?
the fact with this msg, realized you were not a troll, my
apologies! Even read some of your other posts before sending this
reply.
Dr. Personality wrote:
>> With that name I doubt it.
>
> Excuse me?
Dr. Personality
Jun 3, 2012, 3:25:26 PM6/3/12
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In article <DDOyr.605$B45...@news.usenetserver.com>, Lee
<lbra...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Dr. Personality wrote:
> >> With that name I doubt it.
> >
> > Excuse me?
> Well this one is on me. I did not recognize your non de plume and after
> the fact with this msg, realized you were not a troll, my
> apologies! Even read some of your other posts before sending this
> reply.
That's all right. These things happen.
> Dr. Personality wrote:
> >> With that name I doubt it.
> >
> > Excuse me?
> Well this one is on me. I did not recognize your non de plume and after
> the fact with this msg, realized you were not a troll, my
> apologies! Even read some of your other posts before sending this
> reply.
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