Re: question about burglar alarm dispute (San Francisco Bay Area)

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

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> "Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
>> > Driving a new grounding stake and connecting the block to it cleared
>> > things up, but apparently that sort of hands-on troubleshooting was
> beyond
>> > the thinking of all the younger, fresh-out-of-tech-college technicians
>> > they'd sent out previously.
>>
>> Reminds me of when I had a cable modem installed in my old office.  The
>> installer put a nice pretty ground block on the outside of the building,
>> then punched a hole in my wall.  I went out and said, "There is a reason
> for
>> putting a ground block in you know."
>>
>> He replied, "Yeah it protects the equipment inside."
>>
>> "Yeah, it needs to be ground to work though."
>>
>> Deer in headlights look.
>>
>> LOL.  I called the cable company and made them come back out to drive a
>> ground rod and ground the block.
>>

"Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I thought all it needed was a baggie full of dirt, and a wire tied to a big
> nail inside the bag.
>

That's an isolated ground, used for grounding sensitive computer equipment

Doug