Hi buddy,
Just to do more detail comparison and appreciate for any input on this method…
what is your comment on the SFTP and UTP cable when deploy on outdoor environment???
As with traditional electrical grounding, telecommunications networks and equipment should be grounded to the electrical service. However, simply grounding to structural steel isn’t enough when tackling telecommunications systems. The sensitivity of the electronic equipment requires that the telecommunications cabling and power be effectively equalized to prevent loops or transients that can damage the equipment. Additionally, RF levels present at many commercials towers are high enough to induce voltages in the data pairs that can also damage your network equipment, shielding and grounding/bonding helps to reduce/eliminate this possibility.
Additionally, I am not sure where you are located or local laws applicable to your installations, but in the United States, NEC Articles 800 for communication circuits and 830 for network powered broadband communications systems requires point of entrance grounding of the sheath.
Because of the safety, reliability and code requirements, I would never choose UTP for exterior work.
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Hi jgellis & Dobby…
Let say, the building is 6 floor height, server room located at 2nd floor, for the equipment install at the roof, how you ground it?
- roof top equipment ground to the building roof common ground or?
- pull a grounding cable from the roof top equipment and connect to the equipment then, the other end connect it to the server room AC ground.
- Roof top equipment ground to the building roof common ground, then one more grounding cable to connect the roof top equipment and the other end connect to server room AC ground.
This system is only usable mounted top down. We used it with Marscompartements where it is horizontal on the back. Our return rate is above 50%. Water goes in and rusts the contacts after some months.
Quality is low as it does not need much to destroy the plug while unplugging the cable. You need to mount the first part first to not destroy the plug of the rj45.
I would like to have a higher quality system.
Just to add my 5 cents, you should never run “bare” cable (even if it is rated for outdoor use) in the outdoors, you should always run it through some kind of protective hose or the like. We always go with STP inside a rubber hose for AC units (in AC units is used for condensate outflow).
It’s made from tough rubber, that is ribbed for strenght and is water tight it’ UV resistant also. We operate in North Adriatic so sea salt is a big factore here, with this protection you virtually remove the threat of salt and sun.