[Asterisk-Users] Surge Protector for T1/PRI ?

[Andrew Latham]

The APC units work well, they have a rackmount module system also.
Protect yourself from grounding mismatch with security and paging
systems on channel banks also.  Talk with your clients about emergancy
repair/replacement.



On 6/30/06, Dustin Wildes <asterisk-users at vecsector.com> wrote:
> Just recently a client of mine took a lightning hit, which in turn blew
> out their Digium TE411P board.  This just so happened to be their main
> office where their call center was located.  We had a backup card on
> hand, but this still meant downtime for the client until we got out
> there to replace the card.
>
> I was thinking - what if we put a surge protector device between the PRI
> card and the circuit itself?  That way, the client themselves could
> replace surge protector units (if it got hit again) and protect our
> expensive telco equipment from getting damaged.
>
> Has anyone else experience surges on a T1/PRI circuit?  What did you do
> to prevent further issues?
> Anyone from Digium - do you see a surge protector device causing
> interferrence or a problem with the equipment?
>
> Example device I'm looking at:
> http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=PDIGITEL
>
> Thanks!!
>
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