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Re: Satellite Grounding

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Is your electrical service box grounded to the cold water feed? This is the way it's commomly done, and the clamp should be right where the copper pipe comes into the house--on the street side of the water meter, so that if there's a break or service done on the plumbing you don't lose your ground.

>>"I really can't get to a cold water pipe, except exposed through the house. "<<

An exterior connection to a spigot on the cold water pipe should be fine, if you can trace this pipe all the way back to to the service box ground. Make sure it's a "clean and tight" connection. remember that if you have some plumbing done or a break in this line, you will be floating the ground on your dish. You'll probably notice the noise.

Stranded ground strap is fine.

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