Thanks Matt! Yeah, the outlet itself is on a post next to the tower foundation and a dropcord feeds into a NEMA box mounted on the tower (no shack). We have a few sites set up like this, and I think I'm going to hardwire everything before we get much further into lightning season.
Since posting, I spoke with an electrician who has done some other work for us, and he also suggested yanking the GFCI. I don't know why this was installed this way. I'm thinking that the electrician who did the original work was thinking more residential than industrial. I'll leave the GFCI outlet in place as a convenience outlet to provide the extra protection when we're out there working. -Troy > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Hoppes [mailto:mhop...@indigowireless.com] > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:09 AM > To: WISPA General List > Cc: Troy Settle > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Preventing stupid outages > > You have to have GFCI outlets indoors? I've never heard of that > regulation before. > > A few thoughts come to mind: > > * Battery backup with 2 or so hours of run time along with a remote page > for a power outage. Doesn't prevent you from having to dispatch but it > keeps you from having an outage. > > * Re-check code? I don't understand why you need a GFCI outlet inside > your shack. You don't have a sink or other water nearby. I don't > have GFCI outlets in my office. Maybe I'm missing something here. > > If you are mounting an outdoor NEMA box with your equipment and just > plugging into a GFCI then maybe you can figure out some way to get a > hardwire into the box rather than plugging into an outside GFCI? > > On 3/16/12 9:04 AM, Troy Settle wrote: > > Ok, so to keep to code, we have a GFCI outlet for most of our towers. > > One of them tripped last night, causing me to have to put on some 80 > > miles just to push a button (yes, it could have been much worse). > > > > Is there anything to prevent stupid outages like this from happening > > without violating code? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > > > Troy Settle, Network Administrator > > > > The Wired Road Authority > > > > 1117 E. Stuart Dr. > > > > Galax, VA 24333 > > > > (276) 238-0049 (office) > > > > (276) 237-3890 (cell) > > > > tset...@thewiredroad.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wireless mailing list > > Wireless@wispa.org > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
