I've soldered a ground wire onto thesis a few times, but I like Steve's approach better... much easier to change it later, or to move it to a chassis.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:01 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > Looks OK to me. > > > > I assume you want to use the modules later in a chassis, but you could > just surface-solder a wire to the PCB. Just don’t get crazy with the heat > and delaminate the copper foil from the glass epoxy board. I’d bet you > could clean the solder off later with some solder wick and the modules > would be fine. > > > > But I don’t see anything wrong with your approach. Let’s face it, while > the grounding scolds tell you to use stuff like 10 AWG ground wires, the > Cat5 wires are only 24 AWG. I think the heavy wire is more for the length > than the current carrying capacity. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:38 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Wb Surge suppressor surface contact > > > > If I needed some gigabit surge suppressors in a pinch and all I had on > hand were the apc cards, but no enclosure, how much surface contact would I > need for these to be effective? Would this work? I'm assuming it's not > enough contact. > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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