Flat Coax Cable for 5 LNB Dish

[hilarious01]

I'm putting up a 5 LNB streamline dish and I was thinking of using flat coax cables through a window that will not be continuously opened and closed so the wear will not necessarily be a factor. I've been reading that a flat coax cable caused an incident. I plan on connecting this to a switch to connect to 4 or more dual receivers. To ensure safety is there anything obvious that I should know or any issues other than the wear of the flat coax cables. Is there any issues with the quality of HD picture? Is there any issue to how many tuners the signal is feeding to? Appreciate any help

Would be any difference with a triple LNB instead of a 5 LNB?

 

[jdspencer]

You need four lines from the dish. It makes no difference if it is a 5LNB or 3LNB one. Unless you plan to use a SWMLine dish with one output. But flat coax might be a problem with the KaKu frequencies. I'll let others chime in about that.

 

[grydlok]

I'm putting up a 5 LNB streamline dish and I was thinking of using flat coax cables through a window that will not be continuously opened and closed so the wear will not necessarily be a factor. I've been reading that a flat coax cable caused an incident. I plan on connecting this to a switch to connect to 4 or more dual receivers. To ensure safety is there anything obvious that I should know or any issues other than the wear of the flat coax cables. Is there any issues with the quality of HD picture? Is there any issue to how many tuners the signal is feeding to? Appreciate any help

Would be any difference with a triple LNB instead of a 5 LNB?

Not an issue with HD quality. Flat cable has a durability issue.

 

[twizt3dsist3r]

I second that, i cant tell you how many service calls i ran into where it turned out the flat cable the customer had needed to be replaced, then everyone bitches when i tell them flat wire is an extra charge, dont like it? radioshack sells it, go buy it yourself. but yea, its mostly sh*t.

 

[texasbrit]

So long as the flat cable has a spec to at least 3.15GHz it will work. Problems with flat cable relate to durability when used somewhere with frequent opening/closing.
there is a flat cable that is DirecTV-approved for installers but as I remember it is very expensive.

 

[MikeinBaja]

Have had problems with every flat cable install that I have seen. Durability (as others mentioned) is the key issue here.

You are better off finding another way to do this using standard coax.

 

[hilarious01]

Thanks for the help, since durability seems to be the biggest issue and I'm not putting it through a window that will be open and closed a lot I'll take my chances and see what happens. If need be than I figure out something else.

I appreciate the help

 

[jdspencer]

Buy a few extras, so you can replace them if the need arises.

 

[jcrandall]

I setup a friend with a flat cable on a 5lnb slimline, but it was just a one receiver install.

I told hiim to order two, keep a spare at all times, if a problem comes up, replace it first, before looking at other things.

So far been a year and no issues.