Im not sure if it were """" or """" where the Host told a story about liability in a DTV class I took.
Here was the story;
Installer "Joe" put in a dish in some small city somewhere, for customer "Bob".
(True story, I was told)
Bob was happy as a clam with the service, went about his daily life for quite some time. Bob decided take a match to his house before killing himself. The authorities came out. After all departments you could imagine came out to do thier particular brand of investigating, Fire, Police, Insurance....The dish was found to be not grounded to NEC guidelines (even thought this was not the cause of the problem) and the installer was fined for $250,000, putting him and his company out of service. All of Joes installations were looked at from the companies records, and further fines and liabilities were penalized.
O.K. Back to your question,
Ask the people you work for to provide YOU with an NEC code book. You should have a checklist of ground/placement signed by the consumer. Paper isn't very reliable when it comes to damage though. Ask your company to now provide you with a license - where applicable - for low voltage. You are a regulated technician because you are installing a particular "Class" of device, in the eyes of the law of probability.
Look into your Counties/States National Electric Code facilities to find a person of better considerations where'as to properly direct this question.
Good Luck.
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