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LNB short.

  • 24-12-2010 12:03am
    #1
    Dony
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭


    I got a on screen message this evening that says 'lnb short'.
    I've humax foxsat pvr.
    Its no coincidence that earlier today I was doing a different job -running in another cable for the DTT and must've done something to the coax wall socket for the Humax. You see I had to remove this from the wall for a while while I was feeding in the new cable.
    What I'm asking is..... Is the LNB useless now that its been shorted?
    I still have some channels which are obviously from the the other feed/cable to the PVR.


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    It means a short on the cable to the LNB.

    Fix the connections/cable and likely all will be well.


  • #3
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭Apogee


    Dony wrote: »
    I got a on screen message this evening that says 'lnb short'.
    I've humax foxsat pvr.
    Its no coincidence that earlier today I was doing a different job -running in another cable for the DTT and must've done something to the coax wall socket for the Humax. You see I had to remove this from the wall for a while while I was feeding in the new cable.
    What I'm asking is..... Is the LNB useless now that its been shorted?
    I still have some channels which are obviously from the the other feed/cable to the PVR.

    The LNB should be fine. The tuner is the thing most likely damaged first, but most of them now have short circuit protection. Go back and check your cables and connections to get rid of the short circuit and you should be OK.


  • #4
    pelisor2000
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 246 ✭✭pelisor2000


    "to the coax wall socket for the Humax." Sockets are not allways good !!:)


  • #5
    kuro_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭kuro_man


    most likely the screen (thin wires wrapped around core) is touching the copper core.


  • #6
    Dony
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭Dony


    Thanks guys.
    Wall socket was the problem. Poor stripping of wires by electrician when being first installed 5 years ago.
    As someone said the outer thin wires were touching off the inner wire.
    Was sh1ting myself there thinking I'd have to go searching for a LNB today and then a frosty install job up the ladder this evening!


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