Re: [WISPA] Lightning protection used on installs

2009-04-12 Thread Tom DeReggi
The newest version of Citel's outdoor protector is pretty awesome also. Its a pretty close competition on whether the Canopy or Citel is better. The Citel can be had at about the same cost, depedning on how buying. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband -

Re: [WISPA] Lightning protection

2008-12-29 Thread John McDowell
We are mostly Canopy and Redline AN80 around here. We have had great luck with the transtector ALPU-POE for Canopy and have had great luck with the units that are recommended by redline for AN80. We're actually trying on a couple of sites a POE with Surge from Hyperlinktech. On Mon, Dec 29, 2008

Re: [WISPA] Lightning protection

2008-12-29 Thread Dustin Jurman
: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lightning protection We are mostly Canopy and Redline AN80 around here. We have had great luck with the transtector ALPU-POE for Canopy and have had great luck with the units that are recommended by redline for AN80. We're

Re: [WISPA] Lightning Protection

2007-05-30 Thread Jaron Parsons
Jim, I too have the pleasure of enjoying the wonderful Kansas Storms... Our main tower had been hit three times (in a row, in one season) while i have been using it for wireless, and I got fed up with changing out the equipment each time. I have found that on most of the towers, if it has a

Re: [WISPA] Lightning Protection

2007-05-30 Thread Mike Hammett
: [WISPA] Lightning Protection Jim, I too have the pleasure of enjoying the wonderful Kansas Storms... Our main tower had been hit three times (in a row, in one season) while i have been using it for wireless, and I got fed up with changing out the equipment each time. I have found that on most

RE: [WISPA] Lightning Protection

2006-02-20 Thread chris cooper
So does this mean that cabling and equipment should be grounded to same source? I understand grounding the cable prior to entry. Does grounding my cable to one ground and then using the shelter power, which is on a different ground, set up a potential on the equipment? Maybe disconnect the

Re: [WISPA] Lightning Protection

2006-02-17 Thread michaeldavidlake
Your sapose to do both ground outside before you get to the shelter portand insideto tie into the ground ring inside the shelter. Your grounding should be every 75 to 100 feet of your cable run down the tower.So if you have 300 feet of cable run your going to have 3 grounds in your system TOP,

Re: [WISPA] Lightning Protection

2006-02-16 Thread JohnnyO
The only reason I asked this and think it's funny - *no offense intended* is b/c one of my techs did an install like this - Apparently when the tower got struck by lightning - the enclosure exploded due to the discharge ring on the supressor inside of the box... I mean literally exploded. I