Since all you need is to bleed off the induced current, my normal way is to run 12AWG from the radio to the electrical ground rod. This has stopped a similar issue on a couple of radios for me.
Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > I've got a problem client radio that almost always needs attention after a > lightning storm. It is mounted with a gable mount on an eve so the radio > itself is not physically grounded which I think is where my problem is > coming from. The cat5 wire is grounded with a tranzeo POE ground lead but > that is not stopping the surges. I've got a RB532 board which has lost 3 > ethernet ports due to surges on the POE line even while using the tranzeo > POE's ground. Now I have never lost a radio at this location but I have lost > 3 ethernet ports and 2 POE injectos. This last time around the radio > actually defaulted back to factory defaults. Radio is a TR-5a-21. Now I > suspect that if this radio was mounted to a TV tower and not the eve that I > would not be having these problems since it would naturally be grounded. > Anyone have any ideas on what I need to do to get this thing grounded. How > heavy of guage do I need? > > > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- Scott Reed Owner NewWays Networking, LLC Wireless Networking Network Design, Installation and Administration Mikrotik Advanced Certified www.nwwnet.net (765) 855-1060 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
