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Re: Lightning strike protection


  • Subject: Re: Lightning strike protection
  • From: "christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:40:21 +0000

Anyone know of anything more idustrial ? Looking to protect node 0 which
has
2 20 amp lines into it ? It also has radio/tv/satelite feeds coming in.


Chris


>From: "Ho Yin Ng" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Lightning strike protection
>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:03:00 +0100
>
>You can get those power extension leads which have surge protection
which
>also have telephone line protection.
>
>Maplins and even Argos have them .. never used them though so can't
comment
>on whether they really work.
>
>Ho yin
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Fidell" <james@xxxxxxx>
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:44 PM
>Subject: [ukha_d] Lightning strike protection
>
>
> > Guess who has broken stuff to replace this morning? :)
> >
> > We had a cheap phone die in the storms on Friday morning and
somehow,
> > though I can't see how, the switch port that my adsl router is
plugged
> > into stopped working with a loud "pop" last night.
> >
> > So, before I move to asterisk and risk blowing up an entire PC, I
could
> > really do with some sort of protection from lightning strikes on
the
> > phone lines (they run over ground, over the tops of hills, for
about
> > three miles to the exchange, so an easy target for lightning).
> >
> > Any recommendations?  Preferably avoiding moving house...
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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