Trying to figure out how my pre-amp is powered.
Trying to figure out why I have no signal. I know nothing about this stuff.
Lightning/power surge destroyed my indoor amplifier I think, which is a permacolor 10g212 by antennacraft. I plug it in, and the LED turns on then fades out over like 5 seconds, then if I unplug and plug it in again the light just doesn't come on unless I let it sit a while. I have no idea what the pre-amp is but I see one on the mast. I have a 40 foot tower I dont want to mess with if i don't have to.
There is nothing i can find in the house along the coax that gives power to the pre-amp. Is it possible the permacolor 10g212 did this. I bought a cimple tv amplifier hoping to replace the permacolor but i still have no signal, either the preamp is also fried or it's not getting power, or the coax is bad, or the thing that attaches to the antenna from the pre-amp is bad.
I don't know if the tower took a direct lightning strike but lightning did strike very close, something popped in the basement or just outside, AC temporarily didn't work but now it does, I was only worried about the AC but come to find the i get no signal on my TV now.
The tower has been hit before and it never messed with the TV, did fry my internet antenna though (thankfully no longer have to use wireless internet anymore)
Any help appreciated, i don't want to climb or lower the tower (its hinged but it'd be a hassle, although if the thing attached to the antenna itself is bad lowering the tower will be my only option