[89278] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Presumed RF Interference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Hennigan)
Mon Mar 6 14:41:41 2006
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:41:21 -0800
From: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <17420.11383.138124.40644@roam.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Randy Bush wrote:
>> Cut the ground wire in your power cords but ground the equipment
>> directly to a metal frame.
>
> i strongly recommend that you do this, especially in your 240vac
> environment. excellent solution to a lot of problems.
Don't even joke about doing this, please. If there is potential on the
grounding conductor, then that problem needs to be corrected as it is a
safety of life issue. Even if you cut the conductor and safely ground
the equipment in that one rack, you are ignoring the fact that you have
very strong evidence of a serious wiring problem in the form of
destroyed equipment.
Say you do what you suggest, ensure that your rack is well and solidly
grounded. And, you're aware that the building grounding wiring is
defective. And then someone comes in (maybe you) and plugs in a piece
of portable test equipment next to your nice grounded rack. And then
puts one hand on the test equipment (plugged into one of the defective
outlets) and the other on your well-grounded rack. Especially in the
240 volt environment.
There is a serious, potentially fatal, wiring fault in that building.
Get it fixed properly.
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