We started using these L-Com BT-CAT6-P1-HP Injector Kit with 48VDC @ 70 W Power
Supply to power our outdoor Aruba AP-175 APs. Just like Chuck, we are
installing them inside the buildings starting this year.
We haven’t had any problems, but we’ve used these:
http://www.l-com.com/surge-protector-outdoor-10-100-1000-base-t-cat6-poe-compatible-lightning-protector-rj45-jacks
with great success. They also have a punch down version as well if you want to
mess with that. We have them mounted outside with
“qualified electrical engineer”… I am/was one, and Chuck is correct. All of my
EE training was in circuit and microwave design, next to nothing in power or
lightning protection. That was 40+ years ago, though. Someone who has gone
through the Professional Engineer (PE) wringer might be
One other avenue to investigate is to check links to Ham Radio operators.
They have been working with towers, antennas, and lightning protection
since I was born and I am not a spring chicken. Sometimes researching it
yourself will glean more useful information.
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues
Excellent points Chuck. Thanks!
-H
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chuck Enfield
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 8:47 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outdoor PoE
I've
Hector,
Ironic that you sent this. Today we had a lightning strike and we lost 5
cameras connected to a POE switch. At the time we figured it was a power outage
but upon logging into the switch it looks like it rebooted and it didn’t past
POST for POE. A minute later the switch went dead
