Grounding Dish

[tanman]

I came home one day and for whatever reason decided to take a look at my dishes-I have 2 for the HDtv.The second one was installed about six months ago.Anyways I noticed that the green ground wire was swinging in the breeze so to speak.I have no idea when or why it happened and I can't seem to find where it went to begin with.
I seem to remember seeing something about grounding to electric meters so I hooked it up .I've since gotten a bit nervouus about blowing out the meter and sending voltage all thru the house and disconnected.
I had some aluminum ground wire and an old 4 ft ground rod kicking around so I used those.
So can you ground to electric meters?If so-where.Also I got the ground rod about 3 feet in-good enough?-Tough to find 4 feet in Vermont without a rock-8 feet is a joke.Thanks

[scooper]

There SHOULD be a ground stake that your electric meter is hooked to. You should connect your dish and antenna grounds to this same point. If you have multiple ground rods, they should all be connected to each other with some pretty stout (think 0-1 -2 guage) bare wire. Consult with a local electrician for final word on this.

[aim2pls]

if you really want to ground the dish .. 3 feet aint enough .. bonding to the building ground requires #6 wire ... its a static ground really ... to the meter .. it's allowed in some areas .. and damn .. you stuck a shovel in the ground in New England and hit a rock .. imagine that (Mass here) .. MA allows bonding the house ground to the entry water pipe and no ground rod at all (copper water pipe .. jumping the meter)

[JM Anthony]

Don't bet your life on what installers will do to properly ground your setup.

John