24G's questions thread

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Fri May 07, 2010 5:22 pm

Those of you who have circuit breakers in your house, do you have a surge protector on your breaker box?

thx

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri May 07, 2010 6:11 pm

I don't believe so.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri May 07, 2010 6:40 pm

i have a new electrical service and it has a small surge protector, i think it is mostly for lightning strikes, a one time thing i think.

my PC's are protected with APC units also, to handle power fluctuations.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri May 07, 2010 7:15 pm

24giovanni wrote:Those of you who have circuit breakers in your house, do you have a surge protector on your breaker box?

thx

I don't have a "whole house surge protector",

but for what it's worth,I protect my home theater with one of these surge protector power conditioners http://www.apc.com/resource/include/tec ... se_sku=H15

I also have smaller sp's on each of my 2 pc's and 2nd tv system.

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Fri May 07, 2010 7:35 pm

The reason most cheap surge protectors don't work is because they are not effectively grounded. Even "whole house" surge protectors and UPSs can mishandle surges if not correctly grounded. Effective grounding means the surge protector must be grounded to an earthed copper rod and it must be no further than about 6 feet away from the rod.

The switches used by Ma Bell that have been in use for the last 75 years have cheap surge protectors and worked all the time, over and over again becasue they were effectively grounded. Same with their moden digital switches.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri May 07, 2010 10:00 pm

Mark wrote:i have a new electrical service and it has a small surge protector, i think it is mostly for lightning strikes, a one time thing i think.

my PC's are protected with APC units also, to handle power fluctuations.

This for me too

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Sat May 08, 2010 1:37 am

You can get good desktop Power supplies, that protect from surge, not to mention lack of electricity. They hold a charge and shut down the PC, providing your shutdown sequence is about 2 minutes. I have one...spooky during power outages...only sound for miles

The_Informer · Post by **The_Informer** » Sat May 08, 2010 3:51 am

Is it really necessary to have your whole house "surged" and protected in that manner? It won't fend off a direct hit of lightning.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat May 08, 2010 4:55 am

The_Informer wrote:Is it really necessary to have your whole house "surged" and protected in that manner? It won't fend off a direct hit of lightning.

Its more likely to get an indirect hit I'd think.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sat May 08, 2010 4:34 pm

nevermind

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sat May 08, 2010 5:29 pm

The_Informer wrote:Is it really necessary to have your whole house "surged" and protected in that manner? It won't fend off a direct hit of lightning.

there is not much that would help a direct hit of lightning,
the surge protection is more to protect sensitive electronics from surges of power when the power comes back on after a storm outage,etc,etc
or wide fluctuations or spikes in voltage from whatever.

remember DC stays pretty much the same,AC is always changing.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:09 pm

Next question.

The_Informer · Post by **The_Informer** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:30 pm

CableDude wrote:Next question.

I actually like this thread, 24"gio may have gotten mad at me, but this thread could go sticky, waiting to see what is next.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:53 pm

Sava, I had directv install my HDTV receiver today and I am only getting a resolution of 720 x 480 @ 60Hz. If I am right about this that is standard reception and not digital. Am I correct on that. I am using HD channels as well as standard and the resolution is the same on both. My samsung tv is capable of 1080P so shouldnt i be getting a resolution of 1920 x 1080?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:58 pm

24giovanni wrote:Sava, I had directv install my HDTV receiver today and I am only getting a resolution of 720 x 480 @ 60Hz. If I am right about this that is standard reception and not digital. Am I correct on that. I am using HD channels as well as standard and the resolution is the same on both.

it should be 1080i,

it sounds to me like a settings issue somewhere.(TV or sat box?)I have never had satellite so I don't know what settings are available.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:03 pm

It's very likely on your box.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:06 pm

CableDude wrote:It's very likely on your box.

CD, what do you mean plz?

thx

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:09 pm

24giovanni wrote:CD, what do you mean plz?

thx

On my HD dvr box, I had to change a setting to 1080i or something. Not near the box right now.

I don't have satellite, but I would suspect the boxes are some what similar.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:15 pm

CableDude wrote:It's very likely on your box.

yeah a setting in the box most likely, look online for the model you have for what you need to change. If your on a HD channel and still in standard viewing with a HD TV then it may be just that program at that time not recorded/processed in 1080

I'm not really familiar with DirecTV stuff so kinda guessing... check over on the Satguys forum, search around.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:30 pm

CableDude wrote:On my HD dvr box, I had to change a setting to 1080i or something. Not near the box right now.

I don't have satellite, but I would suspect the boxes are some what similar.

You are correct CD. That is what I had to do, you think the installer would of told me that. Beautiful pic now.

thx

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon May 24, 2010 4:30 pm

Sava, Is it ok / safe to have the cable (2) to run from one side to the other running over my shingles? This is how he set up my new dish. Or should he have run them through my attic instead?

thx

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:04 pm

24giovanni wrote:Sava, Is it ok / safe to have the cable (2) to run from one side to the other running over my shingles? This is how he set up my new dish. Or should he have run them through my attic instead?

thx

Cables are prob weather rated so they are fine. They will hold up to high heat and rain so don't worry about them. I put them on a roof and run long cable runs over shingles all the time.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:22 pm

probably want to make sure they are secured somehow though,IMO

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:36 pm

Dan wrote:probably want to make sure they are secured somehow though,IMO

Ya gotta watch what you use.. most installers use screw tacks and that adds "holes" in your roof so its almost better to just let the cable drape off the roof. I try to run wires straight down to avoid stuff getting caught up on it too.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon May 24, 2010 10:13 pm

Sava700 wrote:Cables are prob weather rated so they are fine. They will hold up to high heat and rain so don't worry about them. I put them on a roof and run long cable runs over shingles all the time.

Thx Sava. He said he secured them so I am OK. That is good to know.

Far-N-Wide · Post by **Far-N-Wide** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:37 am

The surge protectors on my box are for the rooms where there is water available. Kitchen, bathrooms and laundry.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:51 am

Far-N-Wide wrote:The surge protectors on my box are for the rooms where there is water available. Kitchen, bathrooms and laundry.

By code you should have GFI outlets there anyways.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:11 pm

nevermind...............

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:37 pm