I wish I had taken a picture of exactly the precise error message, but it was close enough for the technicians at Winegard to know exactly what the problem is. Reminds me of issues we have had with our Progressive Industries Surge Protector and our Dometic Toilet flush handle. When we described it they instantly knew what the problem was -- like they had seen it many times before I called.
The problem was a faulty 3' 'braided' cable from the connection at the base of the satellite to the end of the dish where the signal is received. Glad I had an extra one in my 'pieces and parts' bin. I swapped that out for a temporary fix and Winegard sent a permanent replacement.
My question is: Has anyone else had this issue with Winegard?
To fix it, Pam and I worked together and it took about 25 minutes to climb on top, take the end of the satellite arm off remove the old cable and replace it with the temporary cable.
The Winegard tech told me it would be a few days for the replacement cable to get here and four days later I was installing the new one. It was one of those simple fixes once we knew what the "No LNB voltage" was.
That's my recap of our No LNB issue -- glad its fixed and we learned some more maintenance items on the Roadrunner.
Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles! Love hearing from you - thanks for taking a moment to comment.
I had to laugh, I find that no job goes well unless I draw blood somehow. Good thing I don't do repairs too often, I only have about 13 pints of blood... ;c)
ReplyDeleteDitto on the blood draw.. My King Dome is permanently broken with bad wires in the roof, so I've never spent the bucks on a replacement.
ReplyDeleteWow, I would have ended up wrapped in wiring:)
ReplyDeleteGood quick fix, I'm sure it would have been a two day job for me.
ReplyDeleteDrawing blood when working on projects helps speed things up and keeps us DIYers focused. PS - Your roof looks great.
ReplyDeleteI haven't experienced this problem yet (fingers now being crossed), but if I do, I'll recall your post and the fix. Thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post - just had this issue today and we were able to easily fix it because of your blood, sweat and tears!
ReplyDeleteJust had the same problem and picked up a temp 3ft cable from Hm Depot. How did you get the dish in the upright position? Mine won't go up without the LNB voltage.
ReplyDeleteThere is an "Emergency Stop" which will stop the unit in its search so you can perform any maintenance on it. To activate that mode, just press and hold the power button, while holding power button , press the select button and it turns off power to the dish. When you are done, just press power button and it will go back to normal operation. Hope this helps you.
DeleteRandy and Pam, Thank you so much for taking the time to share this article. We had our dish back up in running in about 30 minutes. We need to get a braided cable, but we used the old temporary fix with a coaxial, that we had. Thanks again!! Sue
ReplyDeleteI'm also getting a no lnb voltage error message. I have replaced the cable from the Winegard dish base to the dish on top of the roof. Still not working. Im wondering if there is a problem inside the base of the unit where it connect from the Winegard unit to the receiver inside the motorhome. So its not receiving the signal, there's a break in between. Anyone have any thoughts? Just trying not to have to replace the whole unit. Thanks to any helpers.
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