I am not worried about lightning strikes because I cannot stop that.
Mostly the part where stuff catches on fire.
The problem seems to lie in the fact that I have an 11ft tall omni that
is the second tallest thing on the tower and it sucks in static like a
vaccum and takes out the RF side. So would powering off save the RF
until I figure out what can be done with the tower (grain leg)
Brian
Chad Halsted wrote:
I'm not 100% sure, but my first inclination would be no. If lightning
hits your tower and the equipment/tower is not properly grounded with
surge suppression in place, it will get blown, whether it is powered up
or not. Current is still going to flow through the radio; it just won't
make it out the Ethernet because you unplugged the line.
Chad
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Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:32 AM
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Subject: [WISPA] Lightning hits
I have a Canopy 900 that is getting taken out from static. Until I can
get the right solution in place to prevent this, I have a question. If
I unplug the power from the radio when a storm is coming will the radio
survive? It is still in the air, but there is no power to it. I am
trying to save the RF side. Will it work.
Brian
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