[asterisk-users] interesting comment. New Physics?

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

To be fair they did specify "underground" ;)

j

On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, Don Kelly wrote:

> For fiber installations, be sure that your loops are not placed where
> flashes will distract drivers or people performing potentially dangerous
> activities.
>
>  --Don
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> joea at j4computers.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:26 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [asterisk-users] interesting comment. New Physics?
>
> While browsing about, found http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/TDM400P,
> where I found this comment:
>
> "Here's a tip passed on from an old telephone engineer. Where your copper
> 2-wire cable approaches the building, underground, finish with several large
> loops, about a metre in diameter, laid on top of each other. Fast moving,
> high energy spikes will spin off the outside of the loop as they speed into
> your installation, reducing the amount of energy your spike trap has to
> absorb. The coil shouldn't have enough loops to create any induction
> effects."
>
> I am grateful for this introduction to the New Physics.
>
> Just be sure not to stand on the periphery of the loop, when lightning
> strikes nearby.  <g>
>
> joe a.
>
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