Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 2 Jun 91 16:18:19 CDT From: "Patton M. Turner" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Looking for Inexpensive Outside Wire Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 418, Message 7 of 8 Lines: 27 Steve Gaarder writes: > [ Pat, concerning your suggestion of going underground: A reasonable > thing to suggest, since you live in the Midwest where the soil is soft > and sandy. Here it's heavy clay, and, since it's through the woods, > full of roots as well.] Try renting a small drop plow or trencher (ditch witch). I think I'd prefer the trencher over a vibratory plow if you think you will run into roots. > BTW, I'm also looking for entrance blocks (lightning protectors) or > sources for same. Absolutely, if I remember you are going to use the lines for data com (not RS-232 I hope, at that distance). Many serial ports use CMOS chips which are extremely sensitive to static electricity. Last month lightning damaged several serial ports on the engineering Sun network here at Auburn, even though the cable runs were fairly short (but unshelded). I think Specialized Products Corp. carries gas discharge protectors built into a DB25 connector. As far as wire, I think C-wire (drop wire) is hard to beat if you are going to use unshelded cable. It can be run overhead or plowed in the ground.