Grounding Info & Standards: OTA/Dish/CATV/Telecom

balm · 2009-11-20, 12:17 AM

hey there, I mean is it OK to run the coax and grounding wire, one right beside the other up to the roof, as opposes to keeping them both (parallel) separated by a certain distance...

thanks

cablewithaview · 2009-11-20, 08:56 PM

NO, run coax to bonding point (meter ground as an example) and then use less then 10 ft of #12, 10, or 8 to bond it and then run coax to were you want to go. Why would you run ground that long and off the roof? ???

johnpost · 2009-11-21, 10:06 AM

a grounding wire from the mast on the roof through a grounding block near the ground and on to a grounding rod that is a few feet away is the way to go.

i don't know a reason why the coax and grounding wire can't be placed near each other on the way down from the roof.

balm · 2009-11-21, 10:11 AM

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i don't know a reason why the coax and grounding wire can't be placed near each other on the way down from the roof.

yes, thanks, thats all I needed to know

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2009-11-20, 12:17 AM	#1
balm Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pointe-Claire, QC Posts: 1,512	hey there, I mean is it OK to run the coax and grounding wire, one right beside the other up to the roof, as opposes to keeping them both (parallel) separated by a certain distance... thanks

2009-11-20, 08:56 PM	#2
cablewithaview Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 245	NO, run coax to bonding point (meter ground as an example) and then use less then 10 ft of #12, 10, or 8 to bond it and then run coax to were you want to go. Why would you run ground that long and off the roof? ???

2009-11-21, 10:06 AM	#3
johnpost Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 217	a grounding wire from the mast on the roof through a grounding block near the ground and on to a grounding rod that is a few feet away is the way to go. i don't know a reason why the coax and grounding wire can't be placed near each other on the way down from the roof.