[asterisk-users] interesting comment. New Physics?

[Jon Pounder]

Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
> To be fair they did specify "underground" ;)
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> j
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> On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, Don Kelly wrote:
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Well sounds like the info was being passed along by someone who did not 
understand the purpose.
I would make the loops tighter, and the point is it acts like a choke, 
especially in shielded cable, but you would want your network protector 
or ground on the outside of it, not the inside, so putting outside the 
building is not that great an idea.

>> 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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>> Don Kelly
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
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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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