[mythtv-users] Comcast grounding and channel lineup questions

[Daryl McDonald]

Grounding your outdoor antenna to your electrical power source's ground,
externally is a good way to keep lightening out of you home and devices.
On Dec 18, 2015 2:06 PM, "HP-mini" <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> On Fri, 2015-12-18 at 16:04 +0000, David Williams wrote:
> >
> > I know this is partially off topic. We still have one small analog tv
> > in the kitchen and the tuner wall wart died so I called Comcast. In
> > the past I would have simply exchanged it myself but Comcast closed
> > the local office and rather than drive 45 minutes each way I called
> > for service. My system incorporates both an Hdhomerun cable card Prime
> > and an Hdhomerun OTA Connect. When the tech saw the antenna he
> > officiously declined my report the inputs don't merge and insisted
> > upon checking the wiring to ensure the two don't intersect. He noticed
> > the splitter was an “older model” and insisted upon swapping it for a
> > new unit. While there he disconnected the ground lead which I had
> > running from both the Comcast splitter and the OTA lead to a copper
> > water pipe. Regrettably, he wasn't very forthcoming with information.
> > So my question is this: Would I be well-served to reconnect the ground
> > lead since the new splitter does have a connection for a ground lead?
> >
> >
> > FWIW, he was clueless about Mythv; moreover, he came across as miffed
> > that I employ a cable card system. He noted that there are probably
> > fewer than ten cable card customers in my 35K population downstate
> > Illinois city. He remarked “we had a migration recently and you won't
> > get HD anymore with a cable card.” Which is inaccurate. On another
> > note, I played around a bit with KODI on a Raspberry Pi a while back
> > and noticed that it accessed OTA but not Comcast content. The problem
> > was resolved when I rescanned the channel lineup via the Silicondust
> > website. I assume this had something to do with the infamous Comcast
> > channel migration but the fix I stumbled into was really just a lucky
> > WAG and I'd like to know if my assumption is correct.
> >
> >
> >
> In this corner of world using water pipes for earth-bonding has been
> illegal for last 50 yrs.
> There are lots of good reasons of safety reliability testability etc.
> Metal pipes get replaced with sections of plastic, connect to high
> leakage immersion water heating elements, connect to gas pipes &
> external piping. Metal pipes are meant to be bonded to earth system.
> Here metal water pipes & metal sinks-tubs-benches shower trays should be
> bonded to the earth bonding electrode system although most of them
> aren't..
>
> I believe high lightening strike areas (like parts of US) have more
> strict rules, for instance bonding antenna coaxial cables etc.
>
>
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