FYI, I installed the gas tube version on a gigabit Packetflux Powered Medusa the other week and no go. The radio boots up for about 25 seconds, and then shuts down.
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 9:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am going to chase this down. Only certain types of products have the > issue it seems. > I am going to try to add solid state to the gas tubes using a different > design that eliminates the steering diodes. > Seems like the steering diodes are causing the problem in some > situations. > > *From:* George Skorup > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 9, 2018 9:50 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mccowntech rack mount surge suppressor with Medusa > > No diodes, just gas-tube for large surge event suppression. Obviously not > as much protection though. I'm seeing more CRC errors than I'm comfortable > with on the cards with diodes. Rev G is definitely better though. I've > broken the shield at various sites while testing to rule out any potential > ground loop issues. Ran on battery. Etc. It's weird. Noise or something, I > don't know. > > On 5/9/2018 10:32 AM, Steve Jones wrote: > > What's this gas tube product placement? > I want to see these > > On Wed, May 9, 2018, 9:51 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, yeah nothing fit well next to the thin pcbs. >> >> Odd, got some test results back from George yesterday. Some types of >> equipment has CRC errors with some of our surge suppressors. Trying to >> identify the bad combinations. Good thing is that our gas tube only >> products seem to be flawless with everything that people have tried them >> on. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matt >> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 8:08 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] mccowntech rack mount surge suppressor with Medusa >> >> Chuck, >> >> Like form factor of new arrestors much better. Thicker PCB and RJ45 >> not as tall. They do not fit well next to your last thin pcb version >> though. Did not care for the thin pcb and tall RJ45 at all. Swapped >> out 4 PxP450i APC arrestors to these 17 hours ago. So far flawless >> even at 1000base. No errors at all. This is with RackInjector, >> Cambium Sync and very long cat-5 runs. Time will tell but looks good >> so far. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 10:29 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Matt, >> > >> > I sent you a note off-list. I would like to send you the gas tube >> version >> > to see if that fixes the issue. >> > >> > Inquiring minds want to know... >> > >> > -----Original Message----- From: Matt >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 4:08 PM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] mccowntech rack mount surge suppressor with Medusa >> > >> >> OK, so grounds are related to the problem. >> >> >> >> There may be something unusual with timing pulses on the power that is >> >> causing the surge suppressor to fire. >> >> Forrest would know much more than I about that. >> >> >> >> I honestly don’t know if anyone has tried my product with a Medusa >> >> before. >> >> I have a 100% gas tube version that may solve the problem. >> > >> > >> > I am still having some troubles with PTP450i holding 1gbit ethernet >> > even with Cambium sync. Not near as bad with Cambium Sync though. >> > Will these gas tube versions work any better? Will they still keep >> > equipment safe? >> >> > -- -- *Sam Lambie* Taosnet Wireless Tech. 575-758-7598 Office www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com>
