One very annoying incident is when lightning strikes damages your cable and satellite TV systems, such as DStv, GOtv and many others. It is so annoying that most times, it destroys decoders, Televisions and LNB devices beyond repair. No cable nor satellite TV system is totally immune from lightning strikes and consequent damages. However, there are certain safety measures or safe practices, which gives you total protection against lightning strikes on DStv and GOtv as well as all others. Before we go to telling you what to always do to protect decoders and TVs from lightning strikes, you need to understand what attracts lightning. It is cheaper to take these steps listed here to avoid lightning strikes on DStv and GOtv and other devices, than repairing damaged devices as a result.
WHAT ATTRACTS LIGHTNING STRIKES?
Lightning phenomenon occurs when some strong negative charges attract other strong or even minor charges on the Earth’s surface and other clouds as well as objects. The flash that results is a result of excess discharges of the clashing charges, in their bid to balance the charge equation set by the positively and negative charges. The bigger the charge intensities, the bigger and more destructive their discharge or flashes. These flashes may sometimes be called lightning strikes or bolts.
As a result, any metallic or electrical device is capable of generating electromagnetic fields or charge fields, which may likely attract atmospheric charges to give off lightning effect. This implies that devices such as decoders, TV sets, Ariel antennas, naked coaxial cables or conduction wires are attract lightning, creating an entry point for lightning strikes.
To prevent lightning strikes on DStv and GOtv and other devices, let me show you the simple yet effective measures that keep you and your devices safe and secure.
HOW TO PREVENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ON DStv, GOtv decoders AND TV SETS
To keep all your appliances safe from lightning strikes or bolts, simply follow these steps;
- Ensure that all electrical house wiring includes proper Earthing.
- Every home or building should have an active Lightning arresting device mounted at the top-most part of the roof and properly earthed.
- Always switch off all electrical appliances when not in use, especially when there is rain or thunder storm. You may go further to unplug sockets from mains entirely.
- If convenient but mostly advised, disconnect the antenna signal cable from behind the decoder when not in use.
- During DStv installations and / or GOtv set ups, avoid passing the coaxial cable wire through perimeter fence security spikes. These spikes are so sharp that the puncture the wiresd, penetrate to their metallic conductors, through which lightning attacjs your entire systems from.
When you leave a connection in place even if it is off, there are sometimes excess current leakages, which breaches the open circuit and passes current. This is why some DStv, GOtv and other decoders, including TV sets may still go bad after a lightning strike or over-voltage fluctuations.
Unplugging a socket mains or disconnecting decoder antenna signal casble is the sure way to avoid lightning strikes on DStv and GOtv and other devices.
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