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 ·Frontier FiOS
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Re: Does verizon need to ground fiber? You aren't grounding the fiber. You are grounding the CATV and networking wiring for the house. TVs, VCRs, etc are notorious for leaking current to the shield of coax. By grounding the system, you give the current a path to ground with less resistance then what a human standing on carpet twisting a connector onto the wall jack would have.
In the event of a more severe problem, like a true electrical short instead of just leaking, the ground also should also be enough to trip a breaker.
The ground is there as a safety precaution for you, not the equipment or the incoming line. It will also do little or nothing for lightening protection.
The problem with the NY installs (and probably many other places) is that the grounding is not done up to code if it was even done at all. There are specific guidelines by the NEC as to how you can and can't ground something. Just finding a metal screw on the side of the meter pan, a piece of metal strapping, etc is not up to code. Splicing the ground into another ground wire I believe is generally not up to code. Just driving in a ground rod and not bonding it to the main ground rod is not permitted. |
