[TriLUG] OT: comms inside a corrugated metal building

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Pete Soper via TriLUG wrote:

> And arranging decent earth grounding, using shielded cable and making 
> sure the shields are tied to the ground rods  is super important, and 
> that's apart from surge suppression. The potentials induced in cables by 
> thunderstorms are astonishing.

I'll second all that. A long buried cable is an antenna for lightning.

For long runs inside non-metal buildings, I put ethernet supressors on both ends 
of the ethernet cable for the same reason.

> And of course fiber eliminates this whole can of worms.

Ask Wes about this.

Joe

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