Industrial switch is a good option Jaime Solorza On Sep 29, 2014 3:03 PM, "Gino Villarini via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote:
> I was thinking more in the lines of putting a ctm1 on top with the SW, > the remote resettable surge suppressors of the CTM would save lots of > downtime and climbs > > > > Gino A. Villarini > President > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > www.aeronetpr.com > @aeronetpr > > > > From: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > Organization: Blaze Broadband > Reply-To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > Date: Monday, September 29, 2014 at 4:59 PM > To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower Top Switch Surge Protection Question > > If you don’t have a surge suppressor then you need a tower climber to > change the switch. Either way, a climb is required. > > > > Remember surge suppressors are not like fuses. In the sense that they > don’t “blow” with every suppression event. They can shunt some spikes to > ground, save the switch port, and live to fight another day. If they do > give their lives to save the switch then you need a climb. But would have > likely have needed that climb anyway to replace that switch or change > ports. So suppressors at the top will reduce the number of climbs although > you will never know how many times the surge suppressor saved you. > > > > Maybe Chuck should put a strike counter circuit in the suppressor and > change to a subscription model. You have to pay for each strike that he > saved you from. > > > > PC > > Blaze Broadband > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Gino Villarini via Af > *Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2014 4:16 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower Top Switch Surge Protection Question > > > > That was my first thought, but then it requieres a tower climb to change > blown supressors.. > > > > > > > > Gino A. Villarini > > President > > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > > www.aeronetpr.com > > @aeronetpr > > > > > > > > *From: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > *Reply-To: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > *Date: *Monday, September 29, 2014 at 4:13 PM > *To: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Tower Top Switch Surge Protection Question > > > > We do the Beehive APC surges. > > > > > Gerard > > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Gino Villarini via Af <af@afmug.com> > wrote: > > Those putting Switches at the tower top, what kind of protection are you > using for the Ethernet ports? > > > > Are you using surge suppressors? > > > > I was thinking of using Industrial POE switches at the top, feed DC and > fiber, then short runs to the radios (epmp and 450 are poe compliant) > > > > Should I go straigt to the radios? > > > > > > > > Gino A. Villarini > > President > > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > > www.aeronetpr.com > > @aeronetpr > > > > > > >
