Satellite Power

[jimlenz]

I have a whole house generator for my home. Unfortunately, when the power goes out it is out for a minute or so which reboots all the directv boxes. I know have small UPS for each of them to ensure this doesn't happen.

I went to the swm unit where the dish wires into and do not see a power plug. I know there is a power inserter but not sure how or if I need to have a ups connected to keep the satellite up? Would appreciate any guidance here.

Jim

 

[raoul5788]

You joined five years ago and this is your first post?
Then to Satelliteguys Jim!

What do you mean by swm unit? If you have an HR54 Genie, the power for the swm setup is built into the Genie. All other swm setups have a separate power inserter. It would be inline between the dish and the Genie. It looks much like a power brick, with coaxial cables and a power cord.

 

[jcrandall]

It could be many places, even in a basement or attic. As a tip even if the power inserter doesn't go on a UPS you would just lose signal until the generator kicked in, but the UPS on the receivers would still prevent them from rebooting.
As mentioned the HR54 Genie won't have one (in most cases, unless it was left from a previous install, which won't hurt anything).

 

[Claude Greiner]

Even if the swm unit went off for a minute when the power went out, your only talking from the time the generator kicks in that you will be without Tv.

Unless your tv is on a battery backup, I doubt you will notice it.

Good call on the UPS battery backups. The reboot cycle on any Directv receiver is a royal pain in the ass to wait through.

If you have an H44 or HR 54 there is no swm power inserter

 

[Jam3s]

Even if the swm unit went off for a minute when the power went out, your only talking from the time the generator kicks in that you will be without Tv.

Unless your tv is on a battery backup, I doubt you will notice it.

Good call on the UPS battery backups. The reboot cycle on any Directv receiver is a royal pain in the ass to wait through.

If you have an H44 or HR 54 there is no swm power inserter

Only the 54 has built-in power, but it's only 21V. The HR-44 still needs a Power Inserter regardless.

 

[ADJLATINO]

The HR54 don't need power inserter?

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[Jimbo]

Only the 54 has built-in power, but it's only 21V. The HR-44 still needs a Power Inserter regardless.

Claude said H44, not HR44.

 

[Jam3s]

Claude said H44, not HR44.

Ahh, you're right! Massive apologies.

 

[raoul5788]

The HR54 don't need power inserter?

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It does, but it's built into the HR54.

 

[ADJLATINO]

So when I upgrade my HR34 to HR54 I connectthe power inserter to the new genie Hr54 you think is bad?

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[raoul5788]

So when I upgrade my HR34 to HR54 I connectthe power inserter to the new genie Hr54 you think is bad?

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I don't think it will hurt anything, but you don't need the separate power inserter.

 

[ADJLATINO]

Thanks

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[flakrom]

Keep in mind if the genie goes out then any other boxes u have will also go down I kept my power supply in the loop when I got the hr54 for that reason

 

[ADJLATINO]

Just that happens I plugged the power inserter again

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[texasbrit]

The HR54 operates with either its internal or external power inserter. No need to switch anything.

 

[Jimbo]

The HR54 operates with either its internal or external power inserter. No need to switch anything.

So your saying if he has a PI already in the line the HR54 will shut it's internal one off ?

 

[Zashel]

So your saying if he has a PI already in the line the HR54 will shut it's internal one off ?

yes.

 

[texasbrit]

No, think about it for a minute. If you connect the HR54 to the power-passing port of any splitter, the LNB will get power from the HR54. If you connect the external PI to the power passing port, the LNB will get power from the external PI.
Actually even if you could arrange it so that both internal and external PIs were connected to the power passing port simultanously, it would not matter. The PIs whether internal or external only set up a DC VOLTAGE across the cable, they don't interfere with each other.

 

[texasbrit]

No, it does not shut off. It just does not do anything because it's not connected to anything.

 

[Jimbo]

I was just trying to make sure that it doesn't get too much voltage.