[TowerTalk] Ethernet grounding on tower?

[John McCormick]

I'm toying with the idea of putting a Power over Ethernet camera at the top of my tower, but don't want to defeat all the grounding work that I've done and provide an easy path into the house via the Ethernet. Most of the lightning/surge gear I've seen for Ethernet looks pretty light-weight and for indoor use. Ideally, I'd want to provide a path to ground at the base of the tower, as I do for all the coaxes, as well as a lightning protector in the enclosure box that I have on the side of the house (filled with PolyPhasers). This probably is a bad idea and I won't go forward with it, but thought I would check to see if anyone on this list has experience doing this and if there is an economical solution out there. Thanks and 73, John/K9KE