[RFI] DSL surge protection

[Jim Brown]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:59:28 -0800 (PST), Martin AA6E wrote:

>I am working on a comprehensive surge grounding system for my station
>that will include my computer and DSL gear.  I found the ideal
>protection device, I thought, but there were surprises.  Namely, my DSL
>modem would refuse to sync on the "protected" signal.
>
>See my write-up at http://blog.aa6e.net.  I'd appreciate hearing from
>anyone who has worked in this domain.

I suggest that you consider the networking hardware as sacrificial --it's all 
cheap gear and from what you say, difficult to protect while still working well 
-- and pay more attention to damage to computers and ham gear that can result 
from pollution of the ground system by MOV-based surge protection systems. See 
the discussion of this issue in the Power/Grounding White Paper on my website.  

Jim Brown  K9YC