You'd easily get close to 0 ohms, which I think is really the test for your grounding.
That's a really neat idea, but I'd definitely put it in an APC metal box when you get some time. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 4:04 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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