You can get a telephone line lightning protection device, we install them on PBX incoming lines. Put one on both ends and ground properly. http://www.citel2cp.com/rs485_rs232___industrial_network_surge_protection-g-17-en.html
Chris Mason Comet Systems Anguilla (264) 235-5670 St. Kitts (869) 662-5670 skype netconcepts NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™ Renewable Energy Systems professional Generac Generators Factory technician On Apr 27, 2013 2:31 AM, "Dan Fink" <[email protected]> wrote: > Esteemed Wrenches; > > We are replacing a venerable but zorched Trace U-series with a Magnum for > an off-grid client. He has a "power shed" type install 100 feet from the > house, and wants to be able to control and monitor the inverter from the > house. > > The Magnum remote uses standard telephone cable, so no problem getting 100 > feet so far as I can tell, the included cable is 50 feet and there are no > distance warnings in the docs. But what about lightning? His system is in a > very lightning prone area of Colorado. Everything's grounded well, but the > remote itself can't be tied in as far as I can tell. We'll bury the > telephone cable, but still.....are there any products out there from the > days of telephone landlines (remember those?) for lightning protection? Or > is this a non-issue? I'd hate to zorch the new inverter just because of a > surge from the remote cable. > > I love the Magnum remote, it's why we mostly install Magnum inverters now. > I can walk even a novice off-grid client through troubleshooting and > (sometimes) repairing a system over a sat phone from memory, without an > owners manual on hand. Smooooth. But I have not run into this outdoor wire > run situation with it yet. > > Thanks in advance; > > > Dan Fink, > Executive Director; > Otherpower > Buckville Energy Consulting > Buckville Publications LLC > NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers > 970.672.4342 > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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