Satellite Wall Bracket

TheRob · 11-09-2006 12:05pm #1

I recently bought a Lidl satellite system - it looks really good. However I want to place it on the side on my house - the bracket supplied is too small to allow the dish to be oriented properly. Where can you buy the brackets in Dublin?

Thanks

Robert

tomdk · 11-09-2006 12:28pm

You could try:

Name: SatWorld
Location: Aideen Place, Kimmage, Dublin 6W
Telephone: +353 (0)1 4924011

... or any of the other shops in the sticky thread "A list of Satellite shops both online and bricks and mortar"

SatWorld had a good selection of nice, heavy brackets though...

Trevord · 11-09-2006 1:32pm

I know what you mean about the wall bracket for the lidl dish. If you need to mount it so that the dish is at right angles or close to right angles to the wall then the arm is not long enough - the edge if the dish is in the way.

Seems like the wall bracket is more suited to the smaller dish they used to supply with that kit. Not sure it thats corner cutting on cost or just a major design oversight.

Rather than buying a bigger wall bracket, what i did was I put a spacer onto the wall (you could use a few bit of 2 inch by x 1 inch tubular steel - painted or zinc dipped) making up a depth of about 3 to 4 inches thick, then I mounted the dish bracket on to that.

Is it possible to get a decent signal with the dish mounted near to the ground? Maybe on a garden wall? I'd be wondering how much wind the 80cm dish would catch up high on a wall exposed to strong winds.

mjsmyth · 11-09-2006 3:15pm

My dish is located 2 meters from the ground and gets an excellent signal on most channels on the east side of things. Anything to the west though is impossible to get. I really really need to look into that!

mj

TheRob · 11-09-2006 3:57pm

Trevord wrote:

Rather than buying a bigger wall bracket, what i did was I put a spacer onto the wall (you could use a few bit of 2 inch by x 1 inch tubular steel - painted or zinc dipped) making up a depth of about 3 to 4 inches thick, then I mounted the dish bracket on to that.

Where did you get this spacer?

Thanks for the replys.

Rob

Trevord · 11-09-2006 4:29pm

This was something I just rigged up myself from a small piece of metal that had been lying around at home. A bit of a necessity is the mother of invention type thing.

As I said above, it might be cheaper (and easier) in the end to buy a proper bigger bracket if you have nothing to hand. I'm not sure what the going rate is for a wall bracket for a 80 cm dish - 50 euro ??.

If you want to buy something that might be used with your existing bracket, I'd be inclined to look somewhere like Heiton Buckley or a builder's providers, Also B&Q have some 6 foot by 1.5 inch TV aerial masts for about 10 euro. Cutting a few sections off that and bolting them together and attaching to the back of the bracket might be an option to give you the necessary extra depth. Woodies sell a good range of loose nut bolts and heavy duty screws.

Also a builder's rubbish skip can turn up plenty of suitable free stuff !

Kovold · 14-09-2006 3:31pm

Might be worth a look http://www.satquip.com/home.php?cat=4.

-.> Kovold

Beta Bill · 20-09-2006 10:18pm

Bought the same Lidl dish, the wall mount/post is seriously dodgy ;cos the dish is bobbin' around when its windy despite making sure to really tighten the bolts well. Anyone else as concerned as i am?

Tony · 20-09-2006 10:20pm

Kovold wrote:

Might be worth a look http://www.satquip.com/home.php?cat=4.

-.> Kovold

They look good for the job.

Trevord · 21-09-2006 7:54am

Beta Bill wrote:

Bought the same Lidl dish, the wall mount/post is seriously dodgy ;cos the dish is bobbin' around when its windy despite making sure to really tighten the bolts well. Anyone else as concerned as i am?

I used the wall bracket but then my dish is only a few feet off the ground and is well sheltered from wind by garden walls.

I'd have had reservations about using the bracket if I had to put it in an exposed location.

Its a solid 80cm dish and I would expect the dish to catch the wind much more so than the small sky mesh type dish. Also the arm on the dish is too short in some circumstances which leads me to suspect that its really intended for a smaller dish.

At the very least you'd want to be using good size coach bolts

http://www.satellitesuperstore.com/images/boltplug.jpg

You're not hanging up a picture in the living room !

ednwireland · 21-09-2006 1:03pm

Beta Bill wrote:

Bought the same Lidl dish, the wall mount/post is seriously dodgy ;cos the dish is bobbin' around when its windy despite making sure to really tighten the bolts well. Anyone else as concerned as i am?

lidl bracket is a piece of junk i posted some picks of mine after 100mph winds i went to my local sat shop and bought a beefy bracket repaced the bolts that fix the up/down angle (technical term) and i havent touched it for a year now and never lose the signal

TheRob · 21-09-2006 4:08pm

Where did you get this "Beefy Bracket"

Thanks for the replys

Robert

watty · 21-09-2006 5:08pm

You want proper masonry bolts, not plastic plugs + screws, those ones only OK for a mini-dish.

And on the BIG dishes (bigger than 95cm) or with really heavy mounts/motors I have put a stud completely trough the shed wall as I found the cement too crumbly.

At least 30cm below top of a wall, so a block or brick course does not lift when you tighten a compression bolt.

ednwireland · 21-09-2006 6:58pm

TheRob wrote:

Where did you get this "Beefy Bracket"

Thanks for the replys

Robert

sorry in donegal so thought it wouldn't be of interest it does look made in my shed though but works great

it was antenna electronics in killybegs i believe they are now in ardara but their website seems to have gone west so no idea whether they are still trading or not

byte · 22-09-2006 4:08pm

I think Antenna Electronics are still on the go.

http://www.killybegsharbour.ie/service_providers.html

Above link has a listing for their contact number and email if you need to.

Otherwise, try Maplins or Peats for a bracket maybe? Even most electrical stores should usually carry proper satellite wallmount brackets.

TheRob · 28-09-2006 8:29am

Thanks for the help guys - The dish is up and running.

Rob

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