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DD716TED
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Mar 21, 2015

Winegard Carryout Power Cable

The power plug on the antenna end of the 12 vdc power cable has pulled apart and requires replacement. Winegard says the only way to fix this problem is to purchase a a replacement cable which in time will fail again due to poor design. Has anyone replaced the plug on the antenna end of their Winegard Carryout power cable, and if so, where did you find the replacement plug?
  • I bought a new power cable from Winegard. I will cut it and put Anderson Power Pole connectors on it. Then the Winegard connector will stay put and the disconnect will be the Anderson Power Poles.

    Anderson Power Poles
  • Mine failed and I patched it back together at the dish end. I bought but have not put on a standard two wire connector. Plane on splicing just inside the dish with butt connectors, install strain relief so splice doesn't pull apart. Cable end will get other connector using soldered butt connectors and individual heat shrink plus a heat shrink over the complete splice. Will be staggering splices so it will be smaller.
    Make sure that the positive is the covered on the cable end.
    That connector on the dish really sucks!

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