I didn’t see the ground wire in Chuck’s photo. There’s no active electronics in that box, right?
Somehow grounding the cable to the electrical power ground seems to eliminate one of the advantages of fiber. But “code” aside, I’d feel better keeping that underground lightning outside and grounding it to a ground rod rather than running it inside my house to my electrical system ground. A separate ground rod that’s not bonded to the electrical ground is bad with Cat5, but with fiber, there’s no wiring going to the indoor electronics, just glass carrying light. So if you have to ground it, why not drive in a ground rod next to the NID and ground it there? I’m not sure running a #6 wire or whatever across the house to the electrical service entrance will be any cheaper. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 1:22 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] My solution A cable shield or tone wire is a path for lightning to enter the prem. So it has to be grounded. Supposed to be big fat #6 or something crazy like that. But I figure no need to use a wire larger than the tone wire itself. From: ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 12:20 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] My solution Power ground. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 12:07 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] My solution But what is that ground connector grounded to? From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 1:03 PM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] My solution The copper line is for toning and yes, you do want to ground it. We will be grounding it. Else you can’t tone it if you put the tone on at the HH. Good idea on clamping the strength members but I am not going to put them in the ground connector. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 11:43 AM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] My solution I think if your cable has any metallic component you're supposed to ground it. I don't think there's any distinction made as to whether it's a toning wire, armor, or what have you. I'd clamp the FRP strength members if there's a way provided to do it though. On 9/10/2020 12:51 PM, Louis Arsenault wrote: FWIW I think you have an issue with the fiber mounting. The "Ground Lug" is supposed to hold the Fiberglass strength members from the drop cable. This helps keep the cable from getting pistoned in or pulling out. The copper line on the drop cable is a tracer and should not be connected to anything at either end. At least that is how I was taught. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:13 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: I think I will switch to a mechanical. Too cumbersome to haul out an expensive fusion splicer. Sent from my iPhone-- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- -Louis NTInet O: 803-533-1660 X 207 C: 803-997-0004 _____ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com _____ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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