Can a PVR blow an LNB ?

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I have 3-phase electricity to my home.

A couple of weeks back Johannesburg Electricity lost the plot - sorry, the red phase & the neutral - to our street. Bottom line: 380V continued to feed down the remaining phases, reducing my home theatre (amongst other things) to a smoking pile of melted components. :sick:

The S-PVR was one of the units blown.

Question: could the over-voltage cause damage to the dual LNB ?

If there is any possibility of damage I would like to add a new LNB to the insurance claim ...
 
I doubt there is any chance of damage to the LNB... but tbh, I'd add anything that was plugged in at the time to the claim.
 
ToxicBunny said:
I doubt there is any chance of damage to the LNB... but tbh, I'd add anything that was plugged in at the time to the claim.
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My thoughts exactly, just don't want to make too big a fool of myself if there's no possibility ...
 
The LNB gets its power from the PVR. If the PVR was on when the over voltage was introduced then the voltage feed to the LNB could also have been out of spec briefly thus there is no way to be 100% sure until the LNB is tested. I would claim it anyway.
 
wily me said:
The LNB gets its power from the PVR. If the PVR was on when the over voltage was introduced then the voltage feed to the LNB could also have been out of spec briefly thus there is no way to be 100% sure until the LNB is tested. I would claim it anyway.
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The over-voltage fried my Loewe TV, something that a lightning strike failed to do. Guess I'll add the LNB to the list ...
 
McGuywer said:
I would think that it's not possible.

Please keep us updated wether the LNB does work or not.
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I spoke to the electrician who is repairing the Clipsal home automation system. He is betting that the LNB is damaged ... <sigh>
 
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