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On Jun 10, 2016 10:26 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Check upper left din rail with all those surge suppressors.   These are
> protecting pulse radar transmitters, relays, valve contacts, pressure
> sensors, etc....our system is tied into AC, alarms,.motors, pumps, sluice
> gates system, generator, etc via some type of copper cable.   These protect
> our system as well as all storm well devices.   Millions of dollars of
> equipment needing protection   The plant has ground rings which are bonded
> and one that is isolated.  Tower has an air terminal with straight path to
> grounding system.   Heliax cable has ground strap tied to ground, and
> Polyphaser on Heliax is at bottom of tower tied to ground.  For someone to
> tell you surge protection is not necessary is wrong.   We have Ethernet
> surge protector inside cabinet as well...
> On Jun 10, 2016 1:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> They don't add resistance.  (Actually Cambium's suppressor does add about
>> 7.2K ohm load on each pair but it should not hurt).
>> They do add a minor amount of capacitance, equivalent to perhaps a foot
>> of CAT 5 cable.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Keefe John
>> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 1:42 PM
>> To: Animal Farm
>> Subject: [AFMUG] Surge Suppressors
>>
>> Someone recently told me we shouldn't use surge suppressors on towers
>> because they add too much resistance.  What would you say about that
>> Chuck?
>>
>> Right now we use GIGESS-HV within 3' of the radio on the tower and
>> GIGEAPC-HV at the tower base.
>>
>> Keefe
>>
>>

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