Hi. I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the other
side of
the country and is in bed. So here's my story (sorry if it is long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of 07.
From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. For weeks my modem
would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. I had technicians out
numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. So thinking it
was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. The direct tv guy came out today to
install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. He hooked up the first receiver
in the
living room and it worked fine. Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3 room-fine.
He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out the signal
in
EVERY room. So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only cable he
didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). After hours, all he
could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me he thinks
I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get an outlet
tester. I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just wantedsome other
opinions. Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers on and off and all the
outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are on one
circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every time
she
changes the channel. Besides regular outlets, could outlets in power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? Could it be my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? I really
want to
pull my hair out right now. Thanks for reading this.
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On Aug 8, 12:32*am, (luvlex1017)
wrote:
Hi. *I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. *My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the other
side of
the country and is in bed. *So here's my story (sorry if it is long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of 07.
From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. *For weeks my modem
would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. *I had technicians out
numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. *So thinking it
was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. *The direct tv guy came out today to
install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. *He hooked up the first receiver
in the
living room and it worked fine. *Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3 room-fine.
He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out the signal
in
EVERY room. *So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only cable he
didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). *After hours, all he
could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me he thinks
I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get an outlet
tester. *I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just wantedsome other
opinions. *Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers on and off and all the
outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are on one
circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every time
she
changes the channel. *Besides regular outlets, could outlets in power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? *Could it be my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? *I really
want to
pull my hair out right now. *Thanks for reading this.
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has to be a troll

On Aug 8, 12:32*am, (luvlex1017)
wrote:
Hi. *I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. *My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the other
side of
the country and is in bed. *So here's my story (sorry if it is long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of 07.
From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. *For weeks my modem
would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. *I had technicians out
numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. *So thinking it
was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. *The direct tv guy came out today to
install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. *He hooked up the first receiver
in the
living room and it worked fine. *Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3 room-fine.
He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out the signal
in
EVERY room. *So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only cable he
didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). *After hours, all he
could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me he thinks
I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get an outlet
tester. *I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just wantedsome other
opinions. *Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers on and off and all the
outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are on one
circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every time
she
changes the channel. *Besides regular outlets, could outlets in power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? *Could it be my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? *I really
want to
pull my hair out right now. *Thanks for reading this.
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from the stucco company no less

There can be problems with grounding and these problems can be quite
technical. Something an "outlet tester" might not find.

Being as you have had problems with two different services, it is a good
possibility there could be something wrong with your electrical system
grounds.

I would suggest calling an electrician. Tell him about the problems you have
been having and what the technician told you. Have him check your voltage,
check the main electrical grounding, check for "ground loops", check for
"floating grounds" on the outlets where you have your electronic equipment
plugged in (be sure the grounds on the outlets in question connect to the
main electric ground), and check to be sure you don't have a malfunctioning
appliance placing a "voltage" on a floating ground. Also might want to
remove the covers on those outlets and peek inside to see if there are any
problems like loose wires, especially on the ground wires.


"luvlex1017" wrote in message

Hi. I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the other
side of
the country and is in bed. So here's my story (sorry if it is long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of 07.
From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. For weeks my modem
would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. I had technicians out
numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. So thinking it
was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. The direct tv guy came out today to
install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. He hooked up the first receiver
in the
living room and it worked fine. Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3 room-fine.
He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out the signal
in
EVERY room. So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only cable he
didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). After hours, all he
could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me he thinks
I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get an outlet
tester. I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just wantedsome other
opinions. Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers on and off and all the
outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are on one
circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every time
she
changes the channel. Besides regular outlets, could outlets in power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? Could it be my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? I really
want to
pull my hair out right now. Thanks for reading this.

"luvlex1017" wrote in message
...

Hi. I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the other
side of
the country and is in bed. So here's my story (sorry if it is long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of 07.
From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. For weeks my modem
would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. I had technicians out
numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. So thinking it
was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. The direct tv guy came out today to
install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. He hooked up the first receiver
in the
living room and it worked fine. Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3 room-fine.
He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out the signal
in
EVERY room. So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only cable he
didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). After hours, all he
could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me he thinks
I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get an outlet
tester. I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just wantedsome other
opinions. Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers on and off and all the
outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are on one
circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every time
she
changes the channel. Besides regular outlets, could outlets in power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? Could it be my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? I really
want to
pull my hair out right now. Thanks for reading this.
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I agree with Bill, although it sounds like a possible open neutral on an
Edison circuit, causing high voltage to some outlets. Definitely get an
electrician out, and give him all the info that you posted here

On Aug 8, 1:32�am, (luvlex1017)
wrote:
Hi. �I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. �My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the other
side of
the country and is in bed. �So here's my story (sorry if it is long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of 07.
From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. �For weeks my modem
would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. �I had technicians out
numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. �So thinking it
was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. �The direct tv guy came out today to
install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. �He hooked up the first receiver
in the
living room and it worked fine. �Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3 room-fine.
He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out the signal
in
EVERY room. �So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only cable he
didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). �After hours, all he
could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me he thinks
I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get an outlet
tester. �I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just wantedsome other
opinions. �Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers on and off and all the
outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are on one
circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every time
she
changes the channel. �Besides regular outlets, could outlets in power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? �Could it be my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? �I really
want to
pull my hair out right now. �Thanks for reading this.
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I as a former dish installer would of tried the non working receivers
in the location that still worked, to see if the boxes were damaged
somehow....

The outlet tester is a good idea, and I carried one when installing
dish. Although never ran into this problem.

So is dish coming back?

On Aug 8, 5:50*am, "RBM" wrote:
"luvlex1017" wrote in message

...







Hi. *I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. *My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the other
side of
the country and is in bed. *So here's my story (sorry if it is long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of 07.
From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. *For weeks my modem
would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. *I had technicians out
numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. *So thinking it
was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. *The direct tv guy came out today to
install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. *He hooked up the first receiver
in the
living room and it worked fine. *Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3 room-fine.
He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out the signal
in
EVERY room. *So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only cable he
didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). *After hours, all he
could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me he thinks
I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get an outlet
tester. *I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just wantedsome other
opinions. *Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers on and off and all the
outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are on one
circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every time
she
changes the channel. *Besides regular outlets, could outlets in power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? *Could it be my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? *I really
want to
pull my hair out right now. *Thanks for reading this.
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I agree with Bill, although it sounds like a possible open neutral on an
Edison circuit, causing high voltage to some outlets. Definitely get an
electrician out, and give him all the info that you posted here- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

How can the installer replace all cable[except in one roon] that
sounds like a troll.

....

How can the installer replace all cable[except in one roon] that
sounds like a troll.

You already said that once. TROLL ALERT.

ransley wrote:
On Aug 8, 5:50 am, "RBM" wrote:
"luvlex1017" wrote in message

...







Hi. I am so very frustrated and wondering if someone can help. My
husband
isn't very "handy" and my dad who is an electrician lives on the
other side of
the country and is in bed. So here's my story (sorry if it is
long).

I have a 9 year old manufactured home that I bought in November of
07. From
then til recently I had comcast for tv/internet/phone. For weeks
my
modem would
reset itself over and over and over all day long. I had
technicians
out numerous times and nobody could tell me what was wrong. So
thinking it was a
comcast issue, I switched to Qwest. The direct tv guy came out
today to install
my dish...and was here for 5 1/2 hours. He hooked up the first
receiver in the
living room and it worked fine. Kid #1's room-fine, kid # 2/3
room-fine. He
goes to hook up the master bedroom, turns it on and it blew out
the
signal in
EVERY room. So he spent hours replacing his own parts (the only
cable he didn't
replace is one preexisting one in the living room). After hours,
all he could
get to work were the living room and Kid #1 bedroom. He tells me
he
thinks I
have a bad ground somewhere in the house. Oh, I should say, that
everything had
power, but no signal. So, I called my father who tells me to get
an
outlet tester. I haven't tried all the outlets yet, but I just
wantedsome other opinions. Plus I flipped all my circuit breakers
on and off and all the outlets
in my house with the exception of the very front of my house are
on
one circuit?
? And the one satellite in Kid 1's room, the picture freezes every
time she
changes the channel. Besides regular outlets, could outlets in
power
strips
have the same grounding problem, should I test those? Could it be
my
husband is
overloading our system with too much crap in the living room? I
really want to
pull my hair out right now. Thanks for reading this.
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I agree with Bill, although it sounds like a possible open neutral
on an
Edison circuit, causing high voltage to some outlets. Definitely
get
an electrician out, and give him all the info that you posted here-
Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

How can the installer replace all cable[except in one roon]

Well, a fish tape and fiberglass rod will generally do the job. Why
would a cable installer _not_ be able to replace cable?

that
sounds like a troll.



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luvlex1017 had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...em-323931-.htm
:

Okay, so this is the first time in my life I have been called a troll. I
assure
you I am not. I may be horrible at explaining things I am unfamiliar with,
but I
am certainly not a troll. I'm neither 12 nor pathetic, so thanks so much
for your
help.

A genuine thank you to the people that actually answered. The technician
used an
existing comcast cable that was already in my living room to connect to
the dish
instead of putting in a new one, that is why I thought maybe it was that
cable.
No, he is not coming back out. He told me to call an electrician, left me
with
the 2 boxes and went on his way. I also pulled out my tv and bookshelf
and
realized my husband had like 12 things plugged into one outlet (a power
strip
plugged into a surge protector). So I unplugged a bunch of things and
rerouted
other things into different outlets. Anyway, thanks for your help, those
of that
actually helped.




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J. Clarke wrote:
ransley wrote:
How can the installer replace all cable[except in one roon]

Well, a fish tape and fiberglass rod will generally do the job. Why
would a cable installer _not_ be able to replace cable?

Some mobile and manufactured homes have coax installed
during manufacture, from outside jack to inside wall
outlet. Could well be impossible with no attic. Usual cure
is to run new cable under the dwelling.

Leroy wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:
ransley wrote:
How can the installer replace all cable[except in one roon]

Well, a fish tape and fiberglass rod will generally do the job.
Why
would a cable installer _not_ be able to replace cable?

Some mobile and manufactured homes have coax installed
during manufacture, from outside jack to inside wall
outlet. Could well be impossible with no attic. Usual cure
is to run new cable under the dwelling.

It was clearly stated that the cable that he replaced was the cable
that he installed. I don't think that installation during manufacture
was an issue.

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On 8/8/2008 9:32 AM luvlex1017 spake thus:

luvlex1017 had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...em-323931-.htm

A genuine thank you to the people that actually answered. The
technician used an existing comcast cable that was already in my
living room to connect to the dish instead of putting in a new one,
that is why I thought maybe it was that cable. No, he is not coming
back out. He told me to call an electrician, left me with the 2 boxes
and went on his way. I also pulled out my tv and bookshelf and
realized my husband had like 12 things plugged into one outlet (a
power strip plugged into a surge protector). So I unplugged a bunch
of things and rerouted other things into different outlets. Anyway,
thanks for your help, those of that actually helped.

Just so you know, that business of having, like, 12 things plugged into
one outlet isn't as horrible as you might think. It may be ugly, but as
long as the total current draw of all 12 devices doesn't come close to,
or exceed, the total current rating of the circuit, there's no problem.
Contrary to popular belief, fires are *not* caused, generally, by having
"too many things plugged in".

Now, if *one* of those things plugged in has a frayed cord ...


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