Thanks. And I am continually improving them.
I have a collection of photos from customers showing our surge suppressors
turned into soot and smoke but the radios keep on ticking.
The best ones is where they have a mix of unprotected radios and my products
and all the protected radios are fine but the unprotected radios are dead. To
me, you cannot have better evidence of efficacy.
From: Jeremy
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:34 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Compatible POE/Arrest/Surge solution
I am partial to the GIGE-POE-APC. We use them everywhere, and have for years
now. Most of them are going strong since 2013.
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <lists.wavel...@gmail.com>
wrote:
After 13 years of operating a WISP and trying different types of surge
suppression I finally have standardized on NOT using surge suppression on POE
equipment but rather making sure everything is bonded/grounded on tower
properly. In all actuality i have barely lost anything over the last 3 years in
fact haven't lost anything this year or last year and have more equipment in
the air now than ever before.
Two years ago (2015) i had 2 towers got hit, don't know if it was direct or
what but the 1 tower i lost a couple PMP-450 AP's (which ended up being
repairable) and Ubiquiti M backhauls. The other tower i lost some PTP650
backhauls on. In both cases the towers ground was not bonded to the electrical
ground which i have since fixed and not had a problem since.
I think the best practice is making sure you are using shielded Ethernet
cable and make sure the outer shield is grounded for static to escape. Also
make sure the pole the radio is mounted to has a ground. I actually don't run
ground wires up towers at all. I rely on the tower itself being the ground and
the radio mounted to tower.
Now this may be different in different parts of the country that might get
more severe weather than Ohio but this is working for me. Sometimes I think all
the POE surge suppression stuff is just for instances where you dont have stuff
grounded properly, thats when it has a real effect of using that stuff.
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 3:36 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
I dunno, seems familiar...
https://www.mccowntech.com/product-category/surge-suppressors-protectors-msrp/rack-mount-surge-protectors/
-----Original Message----- From: Sterling Jacobson
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 1:29 PM
To: 'af@afmug.com'
Subject: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Compatible POE/Arrest/Surge solution
What's the current options for bringing in 8-12 Ethernet lines on POE for
lightning arrest.
Something compact that could fit in a cabinet/box.
I think there was a DIN solution, or rack mount POE/Arrestor 1U unit maybe?
Probably not a POE switch, though that would be nice, sounds like it would
blow a port though if lighting struck nearby.
