[image: Inline image 1][image: Inline image 2] On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lots of opinions about this. R56 doesn't really apply too well to things > that are Ethernet and POE. > Try to bring all grounds back to a single point. Bond things together > like the ice bridge to the tower so you are not counting on the mechanical > connection to also be the lightning circuit. > > People using my products use the grounding RJ45 plugs which interconnect > to my surge protectors. > You never know which direction the surge will be coming from either. Many > times it comes in on the power. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Dev > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 5:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] CAT5e/6 tower grounding > > > I’ve heard it’s good to ground multiple places, like up by the radio, down > by the turn to the ice bridge and inside the shelter, but how do you that > (and is it necessary) with CAT5e/6? Do you strip a section off the > insulation and tie the drain wire to multiple ground lugs? Sounds hard to > do and not get water in the cable. I just have been running surge > suppressors inside the building that the cable plugs into before heading to > the switches/etc. What should I be doing? > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
