[botivo]

Is it possible to daisy chain two SWS-4s? I have a SL-3 SWM LNB with a SWS-4 mounted outside next to the dish. Three RG-6 coax cables come into the house through conduit. Another RG-6 coax goes to the garage through a seperate conduit. (That's why the SWS-4 is mounted at the dish.) I want to add another receiver in the house. I would like to accomplish this without fishing another coax through the conduit.

If it is possible to daisy chain two SWS-4s? If so, how do you power insert the second SWS-4?

Thanks.

 

[Davenlr]

Yes, you can but the signal will be quite a bit more attenuated.
Splitters are passive, so no need to worry about power, just dont daisy chain the second one off the power passing port of the main one.

 

[Stuart Sweet]

Sure you can do it. It might be helpful to know how long your cable runs are, to know if it is wise.

 

[veryoldschool]

Short answer is to use a 2-way splitter.
Your 4-way + a 2-way will be close to what an 8-way has for loss, but two 4-ways may be too much loss.

 

[botivo]

I have 30 ft of perfect vision RG-6 quad shield coax (3 GHz) between the dish and the house head end. From the head end to the receivers no more than 20-30 additional feet of a lesser grade Commscope RG-6.

...On another note. The voltage at the dish from the PI-21 is 15 volts. I was surprised to see it drop that much over 30 feet.

 

[Stuart Sweet]

Is the cable from the PI to the dish solid copper core?

 

[botivo]

Yes. Solid Copper Conductor Wire and I'm using Perma-seal and T&B compression connectors.

 

[Floyd]

The voltage at the dish from the PI-21 is 15 volts.

What is the voltage measured at the PI-21?

Assuming that you are measuring the voltage by placing your meter probes on an unconnected RG-6 fitting at the dish end of the cable, there shouldn't be any difference between solid copper conductor and copper-coated steel cable, since there isn't any load on the voltage to drop it down.