I use a piece of 3/4 inch copper pipe running along the rear of my desk
as a ground bus. All of my radios, computers etc. are fed off a single
branch, and each is grounded to the pipe by a short, direct copper
wire. The copper pipe is connected to my aluminum entry panel, and from
there #2 solid copper goes to my power-line input ground.
Unfortunately, that wire has to be around 40 feet long, so I know it's
not ideal. Not all of us can have purpose-built shacks with perimeter
grounds and copper strap galore.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/17/2012 10:47 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 9/17/2012 7:14 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I guess what I was asking was whether the snubbing at the power entry
would allow MOVs to work for the branch circuit protection a
cost-effective share of the time. I have experienced problems with
Ethernet EMP pickup, but so far my cascaded MOVs have done the job,
even when I took a direct hit on my tower.
Not if there are the multiple ground point issues with stuff plugged
into the MOV box.
73, Jim
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