| Adding my own lighting protection (grounding)? I have had two Bell appointments for adding lightning protection (grounding) to my line (at the outdoor demar — no NID or proper demarc, just Bell/home wires spliced together with wire nuts inside a weather-proof junction box, which I installed myself) and both times Bell has been a no-show. Since I don't want to waste yet another day off of work waiting for someone to not show up at my house, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for installing lightning protection myself. The Bell line that enters my junction box has the following wires:
- white (tip)
- blue (ring)
- red (not connected, no second line)
- orange (not connected, no second line)
The junction box I installed has a grounding terminal, but I'm unsure how one actually grounds a phone line?
Thanks,
Kristin. |
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| You don't "ground" a phone line.
Bell provides lightning protection through what they call "carbons" ...
They are a very poorly conductive block connected to each of the phone wires on one side and ground on th eother.
On a lightning strike, the carbon arcs through protecting the wire.
Now you can buy something like this »www.apc.com/resource/include/tec···ku=ptel2 but it means you have to provide an RJ11 termination to connect the device. It should come with instructions. And you'll have to provide a direct connection to a substantial ground ... preferably not through a plug outlet. |
