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Swamp_Man
Explorer
Oct 10, 2013

Winegard GE-1518 Dish

Finally reached the point that I was tired of fighting the ground antenna for the Direct TV satellite service. So I ordered a Winegard Carryout GM 1518 automatic antenna. As my luck is usually screwy, the unit came into today and when I removed it from the box, Trudy asked where the locking ring was. I lifted the unit up to where she could see under it and in addition to the locking ring, there was a two and a half inch crack in the base near the center. Sent it back to Amazon (I live about five miles from the Baton Rouge area UPS terminal) and when I checked the Amazon site, they had already shipped another overnight!

Ok, finally the question. I have a weatherproof 12v plug in connection that I am going to use to power the dish. I thought about several places but almost decided on the little compartment that used to have the electrical connection in it. Any thoughts about where else I might put it on a 2007 29-5T? I am going to use #10 wiring with a twenty amp fuse/holder in line.

Anyone have one of these units and how well do you like it?
  • Swamp_Man's avatar
    Swamp_Man
    Explorer
    Oct 11, 2013
    As a quick note, I changed GE to GM in the original post.

    Bud, we do the same. We don't care if we get the home stations and it is a lot simpler and less cost.
  • bgum's avatar
    bgum
    Explorer
    Oct 11, 2013
    We have one and like it very much. Just a FYI we carry a small air compressor that has a 12 volt plug in it. At times I use this to find the bird and then diconnect it from the power. As long as you don't need local channels this works. Local channels are on a different bird and you need 12 volt to change birds.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Oct 11, 2013
    We have our Carryout GM1518 for a couple years. It has worked very good.
    I recently bought the tripod base. We were at a location with heavy rain and water run off. I didn't feel comfortable with the dish being directly on the ground.
    We use a standard receiver from the house. We do not care whether we get our home stations.
    I installed a new coaxial cable and power connection under the hood with easy access. We leave our power connected all the time since our programming requires the dish to change satellites when necessary.
    Yes your #10 wire with 20 amp fusing is good.
    Winegard GM 1518
  • Bill_Satellite's avatar
    Bill_Satellite
    Explorer II
    Oct 11, 2013
    Just so others are not confused, it would be a "GM" 1518. You should get lots of positive responses!

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