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Rusty Sky Dishes

  • 10-07-2012 2:24pm
    #1
    eirman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭


    Are the more recent sky dishes as liable to rust as the older ones ?


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  • #2
    brian_gall85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭brian_gall85


    If the one my parents had fitted around 6 months ago is anything to go by then they are much worse!


  • #3
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,680 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    pure rubbish dishes especially if you live anywhere near the coast or exposed positions


  • #4
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,692 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    My Ohs parents dish was badly mangled with rust and tbh not sure how it was still providing signal, got it replaced but her parents live about 100 metres from the Atlantic so I'd say it'll start rusting soon


  • #5
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Painted mine with black spray paint I got for €1.50 in my local discount store,it works a treat to prolong the life of a dish.


  • #6
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,156 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    The EL branded dishes are quite mediocre alright. The Raven ones don't seem as bad, or the Triax ones, though they seem rare nowadays.

    The older Triax branded ones back when Sky digital first started seemed the best, longevity wise. The ones nowadays probably cost half the price to manufacture.

    I did get what seemed a very limited edition solid Minidish, as opposed to the usual perforated dish. Only had a box of 5 and have never seen them available since.


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  • #7
    livEwirE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭livEwirE


    I have an old rusty dish I would like to have replaced, would these dishes do the job?


  • #8
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    livEwirE wrote: »
    I have an old rusty dish I would like to have replaced, would these dishes do the job?
    Yes


  • #9
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,680 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    triax will last very long time, my one is perfect


  • #10
    biffontour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭biffontour


    Ever hear of these dishes, mite have a long life than the ordinary ones

    http://www.sqish.co.uk/


  • #11
    byte
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    byte


    biffontour wrote: »
    Ever hear of these dishes, mite have a long life than the ordinary ones

    http://www.sqish.co.uk/
    They'll not be big enough for here, IMO. Also unlikely to have a longer life than good solid dishes from the likes of Triax, Inverto, etc.

    But WTF! Mounting the dish to a PVC window! Christ Almighty!


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  • #12
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    biffontour wrote: »
    Ever hear of these dishes, mite have a long life than the ordinary ones

    http://www.sqish.co.uk/

    Oh god, the accompanying music has caused my eyes to bleed. Damn you !


  • #13
    jjf1974
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 924 ✭✭✭jjf1974


    If you use a triax or other type of solid dish to replace a sky mesh dish dont forget to get a galavanised bracket,you may also need a universal LNB as the sky one might not work on a different dish.
    I have a triax dish i fitted seven years ago right beside the sea and it still is perfect,it has out lived a lot of my neigbours sky mesh dishes.


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