Roof top satellite dish and warranty
My Son just bought a new Forest River RV and we planned on giving him an extra Winegard SK-3005 Satellite system that I have in my garage. He asked the salesman about installing it on their new RV and...
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I want to update this posting because I did get a follow-up email from Tony Hufnagle with Forest River concerning the Satellite dish installation. Basically FR follows the same warranty restrictions that the others follow which is IF there is a leak problem with the satellite dish installation, that would not be covered by the roof warranty. It does not void the entire roof warranty. Here is some of his reply:
Ron,
I apologize that I was not more clear in my previous email regarding your question. Installing a satellite dish on the roof of your trailer doesn’t void the warranty but it does create a potential for loss of warranty coverage. If you choose to have a satellite dish installed on the roof of your RV and then a leak occurs due to that installation or lack of maintenance of the seals on the satellite, this would not be covered by your warranty as it is installation-related. This is what I meant by my previous email.
Ron,
I apologize that I was not more clear in my previous email regarding your question. Installing a satellite dish on the roof of your trailer doesn’t void the warranty but it does create a potential for loss of warranty coverage. If you choose to have a satellite dish installed on the roof of your RV and then a leak occurs due to that installation or lack of maintenance of the seals on the satellite, this would not be covered by your warranty as it is installation-related. This is what I meant by my previous email.
