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| Technology changes: Rules don't It's amazing how an existing code can be a means to stop a company in it's tracks. According to code any electrical source comming into a building must be properly ground bonded to prevent electrical shock hazard, and surge protection. However Fios already adheres to this.
A note on fiber-optic. All fiber optic cables have a small amount of conductive material in the reflective surface wrapped around the fiber core. This is not, however, an issue because the connectors are plastic/rubber and an insulator, and the foil has a very low conductivity. The fiber that verizon uses(at least in SE PA) has a steal carrier wire inside the jacket to allow for open air suspended runs. This would be a potential source for rogue voltage....
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The ONT's power supply already bonds the entire system to ground. The coax sheild and 2-wire voice lines are grounded through the power supply and cable.Even when you lose power and the system runs on battery the system is still grounded(well unless you physically pull the plug)
I just think that compitition has brought out the nit-pick police. | | |
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| if you mean the grounded plug on the power supply is going to withstand a lightning bolt of 1 Gigavolts(1000 million volts) at 120,000 amps, »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning it won't.. it'll just burn up and it'll be like it's not there.. | |
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