** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal"
<os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:27:09 -0400
> We just lost a Motorola Canopy point-to-point link at a municipal Wi-Fi
> installation we manage. My first thought was that a surge ran down and
> fried the PoE injector, but swapping that one for a known good one
> didn't help, so it appears that the damage was done up on the roof (oh,
> joy...heights). Never underestimate the power of nature... (Aside: Do
> atheists get a discount on homeowners insurance premiums by opting out
> of any coverage for "acts of g-d"? Just a random thought which occurred
> to me...)
That strikes a chord! I HATE roofs. My wife can't understand how I can be
perfectly comfortable upside down in an airplane at 0 g yet go white knuckle
after two steps on a ladder.
I think we got into this once before, but surge/lightning protection is a
science (or black art) al unto itself. Most people just can't grasp the
magnitude of the power involved when lightning strikes. Just a thought for
you: those puny surge protector strips are very limited but (especially for
phone lines) one at the point of entry cascaded with a second one several feet
away near the actual equipment reduces the surge MUCH better than a single
point protection scheme.
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