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mardatha · 12 February 2009 at 4:12PM

Is it easy to fit a new lnb ? my neighbour bought a twin or quad one and wants my husband to fit it... shiver:eek:

kevsan · 12 February 2009 at 4:17PM

Yes. Five minute job.

fwor · 12 February 2009 at 4:19PM

Actually ~fitting~ it shouldn't be difficult. IIRC there are two different sizes of neck which the clamp fits around, but the smaller generic ones often come with a spacer to make them "universal".

However, getting stable access to it may be awkward, depending on where it's mounted, and of course there is no point in replacing a single LNB with a dual or quad unless you also add additional cabling, which may mean accessing a loft, pulling cables through restricted access holes, etc, etc...

Moneymaker · 12 February 2009 at 4:21PM

There's also the problem that the additional cable weight will bend the arm slightly, requiring dish realignment to compensate. This is discussed on the Satcure web site.

mardatha · 12 February 2009 at 4:58PM

ok thats great ta.

letsbehonest · 12 February 2009 at 7:36PM

I did this 10 min job easy peasy, if you can climb a ladder that is, bought a brand new Thompson Quad LNB on Ebay 8 quid I think

mardatha · 12 February 2009 at 8:42PM

that's great ! thanks x

Inactive · 13 February 2009 at 1:15AM

Don't forget to make sure the connections are water tight, self amalgamating tape is the best uption for water ingress prevention.

Fifer · 13 February 2009 at 8:38AM

Is it possible to use a diplexer with a twin LNB instead of running a second cable?

Inactive · 13 February 2009 at 9:24AM

Fifer wrote: »

Is it possible to use a diplexer with a twin LNB instead of running a second cable?

In a word... No.

mardatha · 13 February 2009 at 11:39AM

many thanks !

:D

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