Any DISH Installers In Da House?

[Bailey Guns]

So, DISH hooked us up the other day but had to resked to move the dish antenna because we couldn't get the 129 sat for HD programming. No big deal. Tech came out today and relocated the dish. This is just an example of the quality of the work when I returned home. I know it's hard to see but the ground wire coming from top to bottom on the right side isn't even stripped. The stripped part of the left side of the wire is just looped around the insulation on the other side. Much of the wire is just handing out in the air. He ran it over the top of my roof and it's laying there loose on the roof. Needless to say, DISH heard from me fairly quickly:

The dish. Notice the ground wire:



The ground wire:



Wire tied to the front of the gutter rather than an attempt to hide it to the side or behind:



Running alongside the house:

[brutal]

And no drip loop on the feed...

I'm no installer, and I have outdoor switches so setup differently, but I would have made that connection horizontal with a drip loop beneath.

What a doofus.

[Bailey Guns]

I have about 6 mos experience as a DISH installer several years ago. That's exactly how it should've been done. And you always hide the wire when you can.

[kwando]

They should not have used a barrel connector also. The installer was lazy and didn't want to run a new cable so he just extended it. Get them to roll a truck again with a supervisor present.

[Bailey Guns]

They're coming out tomorrow morning with the QC manager. The installer was a contractor for DISH. Now they're pissed that I called DISH.

[brutal]

They're coming out tomorrow morning with the QC manager. The installer was a contractor for DISH. Now they're pissed that I called DISH.

I would laugh in the guys face and tell him if he did his F*ing job right the first time, there would not have been a problem.

[Irving]

I'm glad you posted this, because I wouldn't have even batted an eye at that install. Looks like a lot of other installs I've seen.

[Bailey Guns]

No. Should not be typical. If they ever do this to your home, make them fix it. I didn't even post photos of the wire just draped over the peak of the roof.

[Irving]

I've seen that before on roof inspections. Actually, I've seen the power wire from the power pole draped over the peak before.

[Bailey Guns]

Actually, I've seen the power wire from the power pole draped over the peak before.

That's probably to code.