If you live in a freestanding house in Dalpark, Brenthurst, Minnebron or Leachville, the dish on your wall may well have been there for many years, and dishes do not last forever. OnspotElec handles DStv installation in Brakpan, including replacing tired dishes and LNBs and relocating dishes that no longer sit in the right place. We are an authorised DStv installer working across Gauteng as a mobile service, so a technician comes out to the house.
Signs a Dish Is Past Its Best
An old dish can keep working until one day it does not. These are the warning signs worth watching for, all of which you can spot from the garden without climbing anything.
- Rust on the reflector or bracket. Surface rust is cosmetic at first, but a corroded bracket can loosen and let the dish drift out of alignment.
- A sagging or tilted dish. If it looks lower or more crooked than it used to, the mounting may have worked loose.
- A cracked or faded LNB. Sun-bleached plastic and visible cracks let water in, and a failing LNB often causes signal that comes and goes.
- Signal loss in light rain. Very heavy rain can interrupt any system, but losing picture in an ordinary shower suggests the signal margin has worn thin.
- Perished cable at the dish. Cracked outer sheath near the LNB is a common entry point for moisture.
Our post on when to replace a DStv dish or LNB goes into more detail.
Repair, Replace or Relocate?
Not every old dish needs to come down. The technician checks the reflector, bracket, LNB and cable and recommends the option that fixes the actual problem.
| Situation | Likely option |
|---|---|
| Dish sound, but knocked or drifted off target | Realignment and tightening of the mounting |
| Reflector fine, LNB cracked or failing | LNB replacement, often upgrading to a Smart LNB if you have or want an Explora |
| Reflector rusted through, dented or bent | Full dish replacement |
| Trees, a new carport or an extension now block the view | Relocation to a clear spot |
| Wall being rebuilt, painted or plastered | Temporary removal and reinstallation |
Pricing depends on which of these is needed and what equipment is involved, so we quote once the job is clear.
Moving a Dish to a Better Spot
Large stands give you options. A dish that was put on the most convenient wall years ago may now face a tree that has grown tall, or sit where a new outbuilding is planned. Relocation means taking the dish down, mounting it in a position with a clear view to the north-east sky, rerouting or extending the cable and realigning it.
Pick a spot with a clear sky
We look for a spot with clear line of sight, solid brickwork or a mast, and a sensible cable route to the TVs.
Take down and refit
The dish comes off its old bracket and goes onto the new one. Worn parts can be swapped at this point.
Aim, check and hand over
The dish is aimed and the signal checked on each decoder before the job is finished.
The article on what to consider before moving a DStv dish is useful if you are planning building work.
Builders arriving next week? Call 083 489 1322 now and the dish can be taken down before work starts and put back up afterwards.
Booking a Technician in Brakpan and Springs
Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, and emergency help is on offer for urgent faults. Phone us or send the details through our online quote request, including the age of the dish if you know it and a description of the symptoms. When a technician can visit depends on where you are, what has gone wrong and who is available.
We cover the whole of Gauteng, so neighbouring Springs is included as well as Benoni and Boksburg. If you need a new decoder at the same time, we can install that too.
Brakpan Dish Questions Answered
If every TV in the house loses signal at once, the dish, LNB or main cable is more likely. If only one TV is affected, the problem is often that decoder or its cable.
If the reflector and bracket are in good condition, yes. If they are rusted or bent, replacing them during the move usually makes more sense.
Yes. OnspotElec covers all of Gauteng, including Springs and the rest of the East Rand.
