eg with somthing like ebay 160150464922?

No, I'm not associated with that company in any way.

I noticed that the people installing a satellite system in the local 
community centre has used an 8 port LNB - but has 3 unused outlets just 
left bare.

I would have expected them to be taped water-tight - but should they 
also be terminated?

Is it worth getting them back, or will it be ok as it is?

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Sue

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:25:32 GMT, Palindrome  wrote:

> eg with somthing like ebay 160150464922?

No, the LNB is designed to work fine without unused outputs terminated, but
do keep them covered to prevent corrosion of the threads for the event you
want to employ them in the future.  Unlike LNB outputs, the unused outputs
of passive splitters (power dividers) should be terminated to have the
device operate within specifications.

Tony

Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:25:32 GMT, Palindrome  wrote:
> 
>> eg with somthing like ebay 160150464922?
> 
> No, the LNB is designed to work fine without unused outputs terminated, but
> do keep them covered to prevent corrosion of the threads for the event you
> want to employ them in the future.  Unlike LNB outputs, the unused outputs
> of passive splitters (power dividers) should be terminated to have the
> device operate within specifications.
> 
Thanks, Tony.

If leaving things as they are doesn't affect the reliability, but only 
the future expansion possibilities, I guess things will be left as they 
are. I wouldn't imagine that their contract included future expansion 
capability.

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Sue