It was in but floating. With what I suspect the port will blow soon, if I bonded it, that 12g wire would be carrying too much
On Sep 16, 2016 6:35 PM, "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> wrote: > Was the surge suppressor already there when the problem started? Or did > you add the surge suppressor in response to the problem? > > IMO, the SS with it's own ground could be a liability as there's the > possibility of a difference in ground potential between that rod and the > equipment at the other end of the cable. If the SS was there from the > beginning, I'd actually try taking it out or bypassing it. If you do drive > a rod for the SS, you're supposed to bond that rod to the house electric > ground. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: 9/16/2016 4:20:40 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] odd 320 issue, resolved by rain > > > we have a customer we have battled to keep fuctioning. Theyre on 320 with > an air router, DHCP > the router occasionally quits working, we replaced routers twice, and the > whole run of cable, ss, radio, power supply. > we see the MAC on the site router bridge, we see the dhcp discover and > offer in the BMU, but no ACK > > finally we get onsite this morning, but it started to rain about 930, at > ten the router came up per the graphs > > got on site and logged into the router, eth0 was at 10 full, looking at > the logs it had been flapping down/10full over and over > > cycling it brought it back up at 100 full, and no issues. > > With the issue resurfacing after replacing the entirety of the run Im > suspecting an issue with the houses electric, bad primary ground in > particular. when it rained, the dirt got more conductive > > Our interior run does cross over a copper water pipe, im wondering if they > dont have something grounded to that pipe in the house and when the > conductivity of the primary ground is poor, that pipe becomes energized as > a shunt. > > we did add an isolated ground rod to the SS, im hoping what i will see > next time the issue surfaces is a blown port on the router > > We told them we wont come back out until an electrician looks over the > homes electrical, they asked what to tell the electrician. Is there proper > terminology that would need to be relayed to the electrician? I figure they > need to verify the overal system ground, the frequency, and ambient > voltage, but I dont know, Im not an electrician > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >
