Water under my sky q box

[Rowdy7]

I've  just discovered  water under my sky box, where did it come from, as it's  not anywhere near  a water supply

[Invisiblename]

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@Rowdy7 wrote:

I've  just discovered  water under my sky box, where did it come from, as it's  not anywhere near  a water supply

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Definitely not the Sky box... got any children in the house?

[Eeeps]

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@Rowdy7 wrote:

I've  just discovered  water under my sky box, where did it come from, as it's  not anywhere near  a water supply

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It's not unheard to have water track down the satellite feed cables. Are these wet around the point where they come through the wall?

[TimmyBGood]

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@Rowdy7 wrote:

 it's  not anywhere near  a water supply

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As @Eeeps indicates, if it's a main Q box then you've got all that cable to the dish and a hole in the wall: there should be a curve in the cabling lower than the drilled entry point (known, for obvious reasons, as a 'drip loop').  In addition it's not unknown, in extreme cases or with elderly installations, for water to come down inside the cable sheathing and emerge at the screw-thread connector (although you might expect that to knock out the signal/LNB/box).

Obviously switch off and unplug at the mains socket before doing anything else.  Note that when plugged in the box is sending a (small) current up to the LNB on the dish, so seeping water is potentially 'live'.

[TimmyBGood]

@Rowdy7 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/help-guides/everything-else/check-your-cables-for-any-signs-of-damag...