Re: [WISPA] Need Lightning Arrestor Advice

2009-09-19 Thread Marco Coelho
I'll second the PolyPhaser. Their RF products rock. No lost radios ever. I've had one fail in 10 years The factory was amazed and wanted it back for analysis. They gave me a free one to replace it. Marco On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Mike m...@aweiowa.com wrote: I'm not sure which

Re: [WISPA] Need Lightning Arrestor Advice

2009-09-19 Thread Josh Luthman
I've had one of three die on a tower a while back. Few months and still waiting on my RMA number/replacement/acknowledgement of existence. On 9/19/09, Marco Coelho coelh...@gmail.com wrote: I'll second the PolyPhaser. Their RF products rock. No lost radios ever. I've had one fail in 10

Re: [WISPA] Need Lightning Arrestor Advice

2009-09-17 Thread Andy Trimmell
As the cost is minimal I would attach the arrestor to a ground rod at or near the unit then another ground rod at the structure just before cable entry, if you think the strikes are going to be on a more constant rate. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Need Lightning Arrestor Advice

2009-09-17 Thread Robert West
For us, we also do an arrestor before the radio, a gas discharge unit. We also use an arrestor before the POE injector and anyplace else a cable enters a structure or piece of equipment. We use shielded and flooded Cat5 cable with a static drain wire attached to shielded cat5 connectors and also

Re: [WISPA] Need Lightning Arrestor Advice

2009-09-17 Thread Scott Parsons
Gas discharge type surge protector between antenna and radio. Ethernet surge protector close to radio. Shielded CAT5 cable ground terminated inside structure. Surge protector and/or UPS on power supply inside structure. Scot -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Need Lightning Arrestor Advice

2009-09-17 Thread Mike
I'm not sure which Ethernet surge protection I'd recommend, but PolyPhaser does it best, in my opinion, for RF. At 10:51 PM 9/16/2009, you wrote: Hello all, I am part of a group installing a wireless network in rural Honduras for a growing educational system with a chapter of Engineers Without