I've only ever had one problem on a water tower and that was a direct strike to MY antenna, not the tower. I found the antenna on the ground, and all my radios were toast. That was before shielded cable made its way into my network.
Cameron On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Patrick Wheeland <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, if you want to know proper grounding practices, try to get your hands > on the Motorola R56 manual. I would imagine you can find the pdf floating > on the web somewhere. > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Patrick Wheeland > Sent: Thu 7/29/2010 1:07 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: RE: [WISPA] Water Tower grounding > > > If you've put in your own ground rod and not bonded it to the electrical > ground, then you're doing more harm than good. That will create a ground > potential difference and smoke your equipment. You absolutely must have all > the grounds tied together. I would make sure the water tower, your > grounding and the utility ground are all bonded together. > > -Patrick > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Bobby Burrow > Sent: Thu 7/29/2010 8:56 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Water Tower grounding > > > > Ok, since we have been talking grounding, what would be the proper > grounding method for a 'typical' water tower (bowl with maintenance rail > and ladder up the leg). I have a Canopy 900 AP with a vertical antenna > mounted at the top using shielded CAT5 routed down the bowl and ladder. > There is a NEMA at the bottom where the CMM-3 is located with a #10 wire > to the ground rod at the bottom of the NEMA. > > I am 'feeding' this tower APs during the spring/summer stormy months. > Are there any better methods to grounding this setup? > > Thanks in advance, > > Bobby > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ >
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