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Grounding Straps

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K7EOK
Grounding Straps
Hello everyone,

Some AREDN devices have a grounding lug, either spade or screw terminal for a grounding strap.  I'm curious what gage wire is best practice if you do run a lightning safety ground wire to earth ground.

I've also seen a wide variety of devices at a wide range of price for protecting an indoor ethernet switch at the transition outdoors to indoors.  Any dos and don'ts for this?

Any other best practices to share?

Ed
 
K6CCC
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almost anything is better than nothing
The goal is draining off a static charge or pulse from a nearby strike, not trying to carry the current of a direct strike.  For that purpose, almost anything is better than nothing.  For our networking and radio stuff at work that has a requirement for high reliability, we use 6 AWG for most of that kind of stuff.
 

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