Mike ..or anyone.. What are some recommended ways to protect the CAT5?
With an outdoor aB installation, I can see about 2' of coax and ~60 feet of CAT5. It's easy to just have the CAT5 go into the building within 10' and run through the attic and down a wall. If the lightning arrestor was to be put in line right before entry, you'd still have 50' of CAT5 in the house which, "south" of the arrestor. I assume it would still be succeptible to lightning surge?? Having a shielded CAT5 run down the outside of the house and making a horizontal entry into the side of the house can be unsightly and I wonder if customers would want that. Thoughts?? TIM Quoting Mike Brownson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Why a lightning protector in the coax line on an outdoor aB? If your > cable run is short I wouldn't bother. And this is from one of > PolyPhaser's largest distributors. Most outdoor installs have the radio > near the antenna, within 10 feet. That's not likely enough cable to pick > up much lightning surge. Especially if the antenna and aBO are on the > same pole, then it's really a waste of money and effort to add lightning > protection. Just take care of the ethernet. > > Mike B > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
