GFCIs do nothing to protect your equipment from surges, spikes, etc. All they do is interrupt the circuit if the current flowing on the hot conductor is not equal to the current flowing on the neutral conductor, which indicates that some current is leaking to ground.
You need a TVSS to arrest surges, spikes, etc. Your equipment should not be plugged into a GFCI outlet. Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC shoemak...@vectordatasystems.com office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.com RickG wrote: > I suppose you have to weigh between possibly losing an occational > power supply or outages causing multiple truck rolls. > What I really want to know is using a GFCI outlet standard proceedure > for tower installations? > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Tom Sharples <tsharp...@qorvus.com> wrote: >> They may have saved your gear tho. We do use them on installs in industrial >> yards, ports, etc. and there I'm quite sure they saved several camaeras, >> swiches and power supplies from an untimely demise. >> >> Tom S. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Blair Davis >> To: WISPA General List >> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] GFCI outlet trips >> >> >> GFCI's around here trip every time the lightning flashes. >> >> I won't use them to power radio gear. >> >> >> >> RickG wrote: >> Anyone had any issues with a GFCI outlet (not breaker) tripping? I've >> had several outages on this tower and want to stop it. Personally, I >> dont think the GFCI is necessary as the box is in a class 6 NEMA >> enclosure. Any thoughts? >> Thanks in advance! >> -RickG >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> 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: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Internal Virus Database is out of date. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2675 - Release Date: 02/08/10 >> 07:35:00 >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> 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: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
