RE: GR1089 4.5.9 Intrabuilding Lightning Strike Telecom Ports

2003-06-13 Thread neve...@attbi.com
andy.wh...@nokia.com _ -Original Message- From: ext Collins, Jeffrey [mailto:jcoll...@ciena.com] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:08 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: GR1089 4.5.9 Intrabuilding Lightning Strike Telecom Ports All, We

RE: GR1089 4.5.9 Intrabuilding Lightning Strike Telecom Ports

2003-06-13 Thread andy.wh...@nokia.com
AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: GR1089 4.5.9 Intrabuilding Lightning Strike Telecom Ports All, We have taken the waiver to this requirement by using shielded cables that were grounded on both ends. Since it is common for carriers to float one end of their grounds we are planning

Re: GR1089 4.5.9 Intrabuilding Lightning Strike Telecom Ports

2003-06-13 Thread David Heald
Jeff, I think the difference may be in the distributed ground arrangement in the CBN. In a surge event, the CBN would distribute the energy from a lightning event and common mode voltage differences within the CBN would minimal (hence the exemption). In an IBN (shielded w/isolated ground),