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Re: [TowerTalk] Shack wiring

To: n4zr@contesting.com, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shack wiring
From: n8de@thepoint.net
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:03:32 -0400
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If the full house protector doesn't work .. the others might .. as you  
have proposed, it must work or everything else is 'toast'.
And .. it's a SERIES string you're talking about, not parallel.
Don
N8DE


Quoting Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>:

> Works for me, Don.  Do you mean, then, that if I have a full house surge
> suppressor at the meter nothing later in the parallel string is doing
> any good?
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 3/15/2010 9:12 AM, n8de@thepoint.net wrote:
>> Pete,
>> In the configuration you present, only the surge suppresor in Strip A
>> would be effectively 'doing its work' while the other strips would act
>> simply as 'extension cords'.  Think about it.
>> Don
>> N8DE
>>
>> Quoting Pete Smith<n4zr@contesting.com>:
>>
>>
>>> This may be stretching the topic limits a little, but since I've seen
>>> lots about shack wiring here I hope it's acceptable:
>>>
>>> I have my shack wired through a series of plug strips, such that I can
>>> switch off the whole radio side at once without affecting computers or
>>> lighting.  In effect, all of the outlets are in parallel, but strip A is
>>> plugged into the wall, Strip B into Strip A, and Strip C into Strip B.
>>> I recently bought another surge suppressor strip and was surprised to
>>> see a safety warning about NOT connecting strips this way.  So long as
>>> each of the strips has an identical current rating, or at least so long
>>> as those closer to the wall outlet are rated higher than those further
>>> along, is there any real reason not to do what I have done?
>>>
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