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Re: Does verizon need to ground fiber? It's not the service voltage. It's foreign voltage (lightning and utility). The gauge usually allows only a certain amount of protection. Meaning the more services protected the higher the gauge needed. 10ga is the way to go. |
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 tp0dyabbazooiePremium
join:2001-02-13
Carnegie, PA
kudos:2
1 edit | yea, #10 to the ground rod at min... I have #6 here from the main box to the rod, vz just put a bug on it for the fios with #12
so the nec code is wrong?
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 NOCManMacChatterPremium
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to bogey780
Grounding is not to protect from being hit by lightning. It's to dissipate the static that could attract lightning and give a low resistance path in case of a electrical short.
I learned that building a home weather station when I had to put the mast up I checked what was needed for lightning protection. |
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| Fiber may be different from POTS but all telephone interfaces have carbon or gas tubes in there specifically with lightning protection in mind. The ground is definitely there in those for lightning. |
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