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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    He is coming today Electrician is coming today - too many accidents from bad wiring and I figure we were more than lucky this time and do not wish to push that luck too far. Would like to go to sleep without waking up every 30 seconds to see if the house is on fire. :rolleyes:
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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    Found Problem & Solution Since yesterday was Sunday I did not have a hardware store open. I purchased a plug checker today and the problem turned out to be.......drumroll HOT/NUE. REVERSE My sweet husband had reversed the wires. I love this little yellow plug checker thingy. :D
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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    Except for Ice Cream I find that most things are beyond my scope also. On a positive note, every room except for the livingroom has been gutted and new wiring (only took 15 years) so worse case we would just have to take care of the one room and move into the kitchen. :) Have a great...
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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    I misunderstood - Sat Feeds & Commonality No they are hooked directly to the receiver. Not thru the surge. We signed up with Dish back in 1999? but upgraded to the Dish 500 when it came out. We actually used the same receiver tho until this past December when it and the new one went at the...
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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    Panel? Mike500 Wrote: "It's called a floating ground. The main system ground is bad at the panel. Voltage fuctuates to an extreme voltage drop, when there is a high draw on the other leg of the 220 VAC pair." The word panel is my circuit breaker panel yes? Jordan420 Wrote: "Do your surce...
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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    Thanks! I have been with Dish from like their inception and have been very happy with them. And since my husband was the one who originally put up the very first Satellite it makes it difficult to 'blame' Dish <grin>. Since that day we have put out our service by: 1) drilling a hole in the...
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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    I have everything on surge protectors and the screen comes up as acquiring signal. I have done the switch test, the reset button thingy and Dish is telling me that because it is a 'signal' message that the problem should be from the dish to the house and not electrical. But, it just...
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    4 Receivers Gone Bad in 2 Months - Am Mystified

    We have two separate receivers (DP311). They do not share an electrical outlet. They are on two different floors and the power going to them is controlled by two different breakers. They are both plugged into very good surge protectors. 3 weeks before Christmas they both quit at around 2am...