What is the BEST way to ground multiple dishes?

[PopcornNMore]

What is the best way to ground multiple dishes?

I had dish "A" installed by DirecTV with a ground wire from the dish attached to a dual coax grounding block. From there the wire ran down the side of my house to a grounding rod.

Now, I just installed two additional dishes each having a dual coax grounding block. Can I ground them in series? For example: A 10AWG wire from dish "A" to dish "A" grounding block then to dish "B" then dish "C" that would get attached to the grounding rod.

 

[Mike500]

Yes,

You can ground them in series. My favorite method is to replace one of the vertical sleeve 1/4x20 carriage bolts with one that is one inch long. I'd go to the hardware store and get a few more of the serrated 1/4x20 flange nuts (Ace or True Value in the induvidual section section). Replace and tighten the nut as usual. Put on a second nut and loop the grounding wire around the bolt's threaded end. The serrated flange nut will bight into the copper wire and provide a good connection. I'd place some non hardening silicone grease in this area to prevent corrosion. Fasten the end to the original wire for the grounding block with a copper split bolt rated for two 10 gage copper wires.

One important thing is that the grounding rod should be bonded with another wire to the main panel service ground.

 

[PSB]

One important thing is that the grounding rod should be bonded with another wire to the main panel service ground.