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From: dw@rocksvax.UUCP (Don Wegeng)
Newsgroups: net.lan,net.dcom
Subject: Re: Lightning and Ethernet
Message-ID: <982@rocksvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 12:57:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 12:57:34 1985
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Reply-To: dw@rocksvax.UUCP (Don Wegeng)
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Organization: Xerox: Henrietta, NY
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Summary: 

Lightning once struck Xerox PARC, and several transceivers 
were blown.  The likely cause was a shift in ground potentials 
between the two buildings, caused by the transceivers 
touching grounded cable trays.

As long as your transceivers do not make direct contact with 
ground you should be safe using standard coax.

[Note: these are my opinions, not necessarily those of my employeer]

/Don

-- 

"Life is a bowl of sh-t, and calculus is the spoon."

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