Electroguy is a sales and installations company servicing Toronto, Ontario, Canada and surrounding areas. We like to take videos of our installations and review some products. This helps our clients see that we provide professional installation services We take care of our customer's properties and we make sure that everything is done neatly and installed properly. We also hope that our videos help you DIY guys. We also ship our camera systems throughout North America. We specialize in security camera systems, wireless barn cameras, cell phone boosters, HDTV antennas, wireless systems, networking and cabling.
How in the world does this cable get damaged? I just got a new cable because my original one got damaged. Doesn’t even look damaged at all. Just the internet wasn’t working and cause was this cable…
Thanks you! Almost drilled a ridiculous 2” hole into the side of a 1.6 million building. This detail is in the instructions it is just isn’t obvious and we missed it very easily.
I know this is an old video but maybe someone is still looking at it !! So you can connect the ground wire from the Antenna mount and the ground coming from the actual antenna (coax) and connect both to the main ground of the house off the hydrometer ? If that makes sense what i just asked !
Yes. The outer metal part on the coax connector is grounded to the antenna, which is grounded to the mount when attaching it. Metal on metal. You could essentially just ground the coax since it is grounded to the antenna and mount anyways. The copper ground just gives it a cleaner grounding because of paint on the mast.
I figured that out. But that's still a mondo hole compared to traditional coaxial/cat5 ethernet cable. And what about grommets? You ain't getting that cable in standard wall grommets.
If you view my other starlink video. You remove the cable from the dish then run it from where the modem is located to the outside. Requires about a 5/8" hole
So with the grounding, is the idea that since the antenna is grounded at the base of the antenna and therefore making contact with the coax..... and the coax runs to the side of the house and it is grounded there ..either to the meter or grounding pole in the ground so both are grounded this way? Both the antenna and the coax? Thank you!
You terminate it at your electrical panel ground. You can also connect it to your electrical meter or mast using a proper ground clamp. Look at how your phone or Internet service is grounded and copy that
its better but fishing that through walls or conduit still isn't great. Hopefully as Starlink evolves it will develop more customized options for setup. I really like that I was not forced to have someone install it but I would have liked to have more input in the hardware sent to me to install. Also fixing the payment issues and including even the most basic instruction/information would be nice since most people seeing this up don't have access to internet.
well i was about to drill a big ass hole in the wall. this saved me some headache. to me the wire looks like it's permanently attached to the dish. it didn't even occur to me to even try giving it a tug
I think that the fact that most video tutorials on RU-vid feature the installation of the 1st gen dish add to the confusion, since the installation used to be done outside-in.
Thank you so much for this... Straight to the point, no waffling, just told us what we needed to know, perfect!... Made my life a lot easier, I just couldn't work it out! 😅 Thanks again 😊
Well, I wish I had found this before mounting my unit. Manufacturer instructions were lacking to say the least. I had to rush through last part of install while I had 2 guys to help me raise the 36' tower.
WOULD NOT RECOMMEND There are issues a lot of people have in reattaching the cable PROPERLY, sometimes due to factory defect. Nothing wrong with just drilling a bigger hole in the wall and using a bit of spackle people… Way better than rendering your $600 dish and $100 a month service useless/a waste of money for months as you try and try to reconnect what once worked fine.
Starlink sells an install kit with a drill bit and a part that slips over the cable to protect it when fishing it through the wall. So they obviously designed it that way for the cable to be removed from the dish. Also some people have to purchase a longer cable so they would also have to remove the existing cable to plug in the new one. Another problem is that if you don't use a Starlink Mount or pole adapter then there is no lip there to help keep the cable from slipping out. Many of the issues of disconnects are caused by gravity with the cable slipping out. A bit of tape or small tie strap helps to keep the cable in place.
