That's a valid purpose I has not thought of. Being a land lubber.
> On Nov 8, 2014, at 4:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > We have many customers near the coast, and we have a pile of Canopy 100 900 > MHz radios that rusted off their mounts due to corrosion. Another pile has > units where the Ethernet connectors essentially *rotted* because the > installers did not use silicon grease inside the units on the back of the > ethernet conenctors and polyphenyl ether on the connectors itself. > > So while "waterproof" may not be crucial, being rated and used for the > particular purpose is. > > > Daniel Mullen > Island Telecom > > Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> wrote .. >> If my subscribers homes are underwater their internet is the least of my >> worries. >> >> Ok. I'm playing hardball - but seriously. Sell us on why having a waterproof >> CPE >> is necessary? >> >>> On Nov 8, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Patrick Leary <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> ...links have 2 sides >>> >>> - Patrick >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >> Of Matt Hoppes >>> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 9:36 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Water in your radios? Know your IP rating. >>> >>> My towers do not flood 80 feet in the air..... >>> >>> On Nov 7, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Patrick Leary <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Conversations over the past several weeks make clear many are not aware of >>> the >> meaning of the environmental specifications, in particular the IP rating. It >> matters, >> as the nature of your environment informs you about the gear you need to >> use. Do >> you have broad temperature swings? Thermal expansion can cause cracking >> around >> connector housings in some levels of gear. Ice storms? Nothing exploits a >> crack >> like freezing water. Operate near the desert? Dust protection matters. Near >> the >> coast? Salt is highly corrosive. Are you complaining about water getting >> into your >> boxes? If you don't know the IP rating, you really can't complain becuase >> you may >> be using the gear beyond its specs. As in the law, ignorance is no defense, >> so >> in the interest of dispelling ignorance, here's a quick tutorial on the "IP >> rating." >>> >>> First, it's not sequential. I mean, the two digits have no relation to each >>> other. >> In that sense it is NOT a number: IP55 does not mean IP "fifty-five," but >> rather >> is more appropriately thought of as IP "five five." Come again?!? >>> >>> Well, the first number refers to protection level from particulate matter -- >> solids -- like dust and sand. The second number deals with protection from >> liquid >> incursion. (There can be a third number, usually left out, that deals with >> mechanical >> tolerance.) In any event, here's the key to crack the code: >>> >>> <image002.png> >>> >>> <image005.png> >>> >>> Know the rating of your equipment, at both ends. Environmental truck rolls >>> are >> almost 100% avoidable. Environmental failure at the base station impacts the >> whole >> sector. Failures at the CPE level can cause repeated truck rolls and is a >> time >> sink trying to identify root cause before the truck rolls. Outdoor devices >> with >> a first digit of 5 or less, will take in dust. Similarly, anything with a >> second >> number of 6 or below will take on water because it was not designed not to. >>> >>> These are consequential specifications. You'd better believe your telco or >>> cable >> competition has minimum environmental requirements as a rule. Are you any >> less >> serious a player in your market? Control those variables within your control. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Patrick Leary >>> National Sales Director | Telrad Networks Ltd. >>> M 727.501.3735 | Skype pleary >>> <image004.png> >>> See us on <image003.png> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by >>> PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer >>> viruses. >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by >>> PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer >>> viruses. >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by >>> PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer >>> viruses. >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
