NEC Ground question
Hi!
I am in the process of augmenting my Dish Network (118.7 SuperDish) with Starchoice. I have my electric meter towards the front right of the house. My Superdish is installed/ground there.
Since I plan to continue to have my SuperDish for E* international programming only, I thought that I will have to install my Patriot 85-E dishes (2 of them per Mike Kohl for both SD/HD programming) somewhere towards the back of my house.
If my dishes are installed towards the back of my house, I have a few basic newbie questions:
(a) I am getting a universal roof/wall mount along with my Patriot 85-E dishes. I have a clear view of both South and Southwest. Is roof or wall better?
(b) How do I conform to NEC grounding policies for a safe ground, since my new dishes will be 60-70 feet away from the electric meter? If I run cables from the dish to the meter (60-70 feet), and then ground them, run them back to my family room (potentially another 50-60 feet, making it 120-150 feet of cabling from dish to living room), will that deteriorate my signal quality?
(c) Between a 4x4 (no power insertion needed) and 4x8 multi-switches, is there a recommendation? I will initially go with a 505 and plan to switch my 505 for a 530. In light of that setup, is a 4x4 better?