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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / May 2008Sat dish mounted on propane tank
I mounted my internet satellite dish onto my 100 pound standing propane tank. It's an auxiliary tank I use mainly for hunting trips in the late fall. Anyway, the tank is nice and stable when full. A person at a campground pointed out it was illegal to have the dish so low to the ground and mounting it to the propane tank violates federal standards and can cause a propane fire/explosion. I first dismissed the whole thing as alarmism but found out satellite dishes with transmitters have to be mounted at least six feet above the ground. I can't find anything on propane tanks and satellite radio but it is required to cease use of cell phones in gas stations because of the potential ignition hazard. The tank is not mounted to the RV, it is rolled out of the locker and stood up for use mainly for a heater. Owen >I mounted my internet satellite dish onto my 100 pound standing propane >tank. It's an auxiliary tank I use mainly for hunting trips in the late [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Owen Nice troll. Bye! BS. on the height thing. the dish guy mounted mine a lot lower than a propane tank. and the direct tv guy mounted one for us equally low at a rental property. s >I mounted my internet satellite dish onto my 100 pound standing propane >tank. It's an auxiliary tank I use mainly for hunting trips in the late [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Owen > BS. on the height thing. the dish guy mounted mine a lot lower than a > propane tank. > > and the direct tv guy mounted one for us equally low at a rental property. > > s This website deals with my type of dish: http://www.vsat-systems.com/satellite-internet-hardware/mounting-options.html Note the mounting guidelines - not BS! >> BS. on the height thing. the dish guy mounted mine a lot lower than a >> propane tank. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Note the mounting guidelines - not BS! Not BS, just not meaningful. S. Barker's problem was that he equated his TV with your Internet; your problem was that you equated "rules" posted by various satellite companies with "illegal." Illegal only happens when someone passes a law, or an agency like the FCC pass a regulation with the force of law. Doesn't exist in this case, and I welcome you to spend the countless hours necessary on the FCC site wading through laws and regulations to finally come to that conclusion. While there are no such laws, those of us active in the mobile satellite internet community recommend keeping reasonable minimum heights to avoid raising public-relations problems with neighbors in RV parks who might believe that they could actually suffer harm otherwise. I won't address the Propane Tank issue, which is one that will get you labeled troll as long as Harry remains active in this group. Don Bradner www.arcatapet.net '90 Wanderlodge PT40 "Blue Thunder" towing '07 Jeep Liberty Posting today by Satellite from Wenatchee River County Park > I won't address the Propane Tank issue, which is one that will get you > labeled troll as long as Harry remains active in this group. > Don Bradnerwww.arcatapet.net I just figure his wife or dog ran off with a Propane delivery guy. Seeing how anal he is, probably both. Hank <~~~ has gas |
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