traveler sat. dish

[allbrandauto]

going to install traveler sat. dish for my 2007 Fleetwood bounder do I need to buy the reinforcement plate or is this over kill

[SCVJeff]

I don't worry about the Travler since the footprint is huge. But the the arm is being forced into the roof by the weight of the arm, and the arm tensioning spring once the reflector is stowed all delivered to that wheel. It'd be interesting to measure that force. Anyone got a fish scale?

[cat199]

I have one on my 2007 bounder diesel. No reforcement plate was needed, I did buy the small plate for the roller to roll on. Been on for 2 years no problems, and no problems with the operation. I would spend the money again for it.

[ezgoin]

My installer originally didn't plan on adding a roller plate on my rubber roof, but I insisted on one based on Winegards recommendation. (I even emailed Winegard to confirm its use, and showed him the email.) The plate is only about 4" x 4", much smaller than I had envisioned. But, it's there, and I feel more comfortable with it there.

[Bill_Satellite]

SCVJeff wrote:

fpresto wrote:
Rather than add a landing pad for the roller when the dish is stowed I just added a strip of EternaBond. Works great.

That arm pushes pretty hard on the roof and the intent is to spread the load out. I Dicor'd a SS plate on the roof that's 4"x10"

That's actually not the intent. The intent is to simply prevent the minimal side to side movement while stowed from causing damage to the rubber membrane. In most cases a strip of Eternabond would accomplish that without issue.
The guideline for a landing plate is EPDM rubber type roof and not roof structure. Having said that, if you had a roof structure that concerns you enough to make you think you need a landing plate you should probably install the entire thin roof mounting plate. Putting additional protection under the wheel is never a bad thing, just unnecessary in most non-rubber roof installations.

[SCVJeff]

fpresto wrote:
Rather than add a landing pad for the roller when the dish is stowed I just added a strip of EternaBond. Works great.

That arm pushes pretty hard on the roof and the intent is to spread the load out. I Dicor'd a SS plate on the roof that's 4"x10"

[CA_Traveler]

Used Dicor on my rigs and for my sons solar panel wiring. Click here.

[Bill_Satellite]

As mentioned above, the Genie works just like at home in an RV with the SWM3 Trav'ler. It's pretty easy to explain.....It's the exact same antenna you have at home, just made mobile!
I have the Genie plus an H25 instead of a client. It's a belt and suspenders approach in case my Genie were to die I could move the H25 and at least watch 1 channel until I got my Genie fixed. The good news is that I have had the Genie in the RV for over a year without a single issue.

[allbrandauto]

so for a fiberglass roof just drill a entry hole than every few feet use dicor in a mound to secure cables to roof

[CA_Traveler]

allbrandauto wrote:
wow did you drill thru roof for cables

For fiberglass or aluminum roofs use Dicor to secure the wires every few feet along the roof and where they enter.

[CA_Traveler]

ezgoin wrote:
I'm not Bill.Satellite, but I just had a new Trav'ler installed and my Genie (HR-44) and a Genie client for the BR both work perfectly when moved from the house the MH. No set-up issues at all. Plug 'em in watch TV.

For the client - C41 or C41W?

Do you have to configure the remotes for the different TV types?

[allbrandauto]

wow did you drill thru roof for cables

[allbrandauto]

smlranger wrote:
I've installed two Travelers on fiberglass roofs and never used the plate. However, I believe they recommend the plate on a rubber roof. Does your Fleetwood have the rubber (EDPM) roof?

[DSDP_Don]

Thanks "ezgoin", the Genie is the first product from DirecTv that has worked really well.

[ezgoin]

DSDP Don wrote:


Side Note: "Bill.Satellite".....Will the new DirecTv Genie work with the new TravLer antenna with SWM, without any issues or special equipment. I love my new Genie at home....want one in the coach.

I'm not Bill.Satellite, but I just had a new Trav'ler installed and my Genie (HR-44) and a Genie client for the BR both work perfectly when moved from the house the MH. No set-up issues at all. Plug 'em in watch TV.