Lightning Protection
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This guide applies to TP-Link rack-mountable devices. To identify if your device is rack-
mountable or not, check the IG (Installation Guide) of the device. The IG of rack-mountable
device contains the content of “Rack Installation“.
You can find the IG from the package of the device or download it from the download center
of our website http://www.tp-link.com/en/download-center.html.
1 Cabling Reasonably
In the actual network environment, you may need cable outdoors and indoors, and the
requirements for cabling outdoors and indoors are different. A reasonable cabling system
can decrease the damage of induced lightning to devices.
Note:
It's not recommended using Ethernet cables outdoors. When cabling outdoors, please use a signal lightning
arrester.
Requirements for Cabling Outdoors
Aerial cabling without safeguard is not allowed.
It’s not allowed cabling down the building to connect network devices in different floors.
Outdoor cables should be buried and paved to the indoor through basement. A piece of
steel wire should be paved underground along the pipe and connected to the lightning
protection terminal of the building for shielding. Before connecting the cable to the
device, install a signal lightning arrester on the corresponding port.
When an aerial cable is set up, the cable should be through a metal pipe (15m long
at least) before coming into the building. The two ends of this metal pipe should be
grounded. Before connecting the cable to the device, install a signal lightning arrester on
the corresponding port.
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