On the Motorola list someone said that by using shielded connectors/cable and soldering the drain wire on both ends they haven't lost anything to lightning in Colorado OR Costa Rica (per him via NOAA the two of three worst areas for lightning in North America).
Might just want to pull up that archive and read through the discussion. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Chuck Hogg <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone been able to withstand a direct lightning strike? We had a > tower get hit last night, and some of our equipment lost Ethernet ports > (RB/433AH), and we lost 3 canopy APs, but that is all (considering what > is all up there only 2/3rds was blown). Our Trango AP survived and a > RB/433AH survived. Even Nextel had their guys out there, but they just > had to reset alarms it appears as nothing was "fried" on their end. I > wish I had to just reset alarms. > > > > So tell me, what do you do ? I'm tired of dumping a few grand during big > lightning storms. > > > > I do the basics, Ethernet surge suppression up top and on the bottom, > Polyphasers, ground out to the ground bars, ground out the cat5 cable, > and no omni's. > > > > Regards, > > Chuck Hogg > > Shelby Broadband > 502-722-9292 > [email protected] > > http://www.shelbybb.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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
