Burried my coax cables and lost signal?

[jwoyame28]

I was told by the Directv installer that I could burry my cables even if they weren't direct bury cables and they would be fine. I burried them last weekend and everything worked, but this week we got a lot of rain and now I don't recieve a signal. Am I screwed? (300' of trenching)

 

[chadzx11]

did you bury a splice?

 

[mjones1973]

That or you nicked the insulation on the cables somewhere...

 

[boba]

The satellite cable is carring 18 volts of DC current, if water gets into the cable corrosion sets in and you lose the signal. If you bury a splice or nick the jacket on the cable it provides a place for water ingress. You comment about losing signal after a rain suggests you will need to bury a new cable.

 

[k2ue]

The satellite cable is carring 18 volts of DC current, if water gets into the cable corrosion sets in and you lose the signal. If you bury a splice or nick the jacket on the cable it provides a place for water ingress. You comment about losing signal after a rain suggests you will need to bury a new cable.

Yes, and it should be "Flooded" Burial Cable, which has a gooey substance designed to prevent waten ingress even if the jacket has pinholes.