15mm long bolts - safe for satellite dish installation?

Mossy · 26-11-2011 02:18PM #1

I got these bits and pieces with my zone 2 dish from satworld.

Included are four short bolts (M8X16) for fixing the kit to the wall. This seems very short to me. Also, if I search for "satellite dish" and "bolts" most of the results are longer bolts with plugs, which is what I was expecting.

Is it safe to use these short bolts, or should I make a trip to Woodies?

excollier · 26-11-2011 02:26PM

You need something like 8mm dia x 60mm long coach bolts and plastic wall plugs to match, 10mm drill hole, 13mm spanner size, nothing less, realistically.

Al Capwned · 26-11-2011 02:29PM

Not long enough....

I would actuially imagine that those bolts are for some part of the dish assembly, and not designed for fixing mounting bracket to wall....

Personally, I've used the ones in the pic before (10mm - blue) and I can hang from the bar comfortably....... I'm not small......

Zardoz · 26-11-2011 03:02PM

Mossy wrote: »

Included are four short bolts (M8X16) for fixing the kit to the wall.

Those bolts are for adjusting the elevation of the dish not for fixing the dish to the wall.
As Excollier rightly stated you need 40-60mm coach bolts with sleeves ,ridiculous that they didnt come with the dish .

Mossy · 26-11-2011 03:22PM

Thanks guys.

It would also have helped if they had provided instructions showing where each piece goes. That would have made it cleared in the first place. Disappointing.

In case it's useful for anyone else out there, tvtrade.ie have a video showing the use of each piece in the "bag of components" here.

15mm long bolts - safe for satellite dish installation?

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