I spent five years in telecom EMC design and testing recently; that
"ground" is merely a return path for induced currents. House protectors
need a good LOCAL ground. How good? Using the GR-1089 surge waveform for an
example, it should be able to sink transients with rise time of a
microsecond. Protectors have to dump energy _somewhere_.
Cortland
> [Original Message]
> From: EDWARDS, EDDIE J <eedwards@oppd.com>
>
> It may be code but it's rarely been done that way over the years.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Turner
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:57:34 -0800, WOODS, ERIC D (PB) wrote:
>
> >The power system ground and the telephone protector ground must be
> bonded
> >together. That's code.
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