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

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Is that why the dirt is orange?

"Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> "Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> > 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.
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> >> 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."
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> >> He replied, "Yeah it protects the equipment inside."
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> >> "Yeah, it needs to be ground to work though."
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> >> Deer in headlights look.
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> >> LOL.  I called the cable company and made them come back out to drive a
> >> ground rod and ground the block.
> >>
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> "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.
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> That's an isolated ground, used for grounding sensitive computer equipment
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> Doug
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