Proper Grounding/Lighting Protection

[wifiwizard]

I want to try to confirm proper grounding/lighting protection when using the Netonix Wisp Switch.

We have just started using WS-12-250-DC and ground using the front ground screw. We are also using L-Com rack mounted lighting protection. This model. We have the main Cat5e line from the radio coming down into the enclosure then running into the lighting protection first. We then jumper out of the lighting protection and connect into the switch. We then have an optical fiber going from the switch into the router for further isolation. Both lighting protection and grounding are sharing the same ground bus.

Is this good practice? Is it overkill for California where we never get lighting? Are we doing anything wrong? Thank you for any help.

[sirhc]

99% of all WISP equipment damage is from ground current (I own a WISP)


Here are some good posts on grounding:
http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php? ... 279#p19279
http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1816
http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=188
http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php? ... =30#p13447
http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1429

Read the posts above but the basics are as follow (VERY IMPORTANT):
Tower ground rods must be bonded to electrical service ground rods HEAVY #2 wire.
I always add 1 or 2 “new” ground rods to older existing electrical services.
Also Ethernet surge protectors should not be used with passive POE switches like Netonix and Ubiquiti because they work by clamping all 8 wires together in the vent of a surge which is a dead short and will damage the switch port and or the whole switch.

99% of WISP equipment damage is from ground current NOT ESD or direct strikes.

It's all in the GROUNDING.

READ THE POSTS ABOVE
Take out the Ethernet surge protectors.

I would NOT use Ethernet surge protectors on "passive" POE switches / devices. What they do is clamp all 8 wires together and to earth ground which is a dead short which will fry the Ethernet port in the switch.

http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php? ... ors#p21938
http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php? ... ors#p21629
http://forum.netonix.com/viewtopic.php? ... ors#p20773