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What is you surge suppression experience

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Key Features • Supports 10/100/1000/10GBASE-T Ethernet speeds • Full PoE, PoE+, and PoE++ (IEEE 802.3af/at/bt) compatibility • Supports up to 90W of power delivery • IP65-rated waterproof outdoor enclosure • Designed to protect against lightning strikes and electrical surges • Ultra-low capacitance for high-speed data performance • Fast response time for critical equipment protection • Simple inline RJ45 installation • Flexible mounting options for poles, enclosures, and walls • Tested to international surge protection standards Ideal Applications • Outdoor wireless radios and backhaul links • Fixed wireless and WISP deployments • Outdoor WiFi access points • IP surveillance and security cameras • Network switches and outdoor enclosures • Industrial networking and SCADA systems • Municipal, campus, and enterprise network infrastructure

I am on my third install of CAT6 cables to Access points on the top of grain bins. This advertisement for Data Surge Protection Outdoor SPD IP65 10GB Ethernet came across my desk.

Many a fault over 20 years working in telecommunications were repaired on two wire copper pairs by replacing the fuse or surge suppressor. I never gave a thought to network cable. Then I was never running them up the side of grain bins. Now I'm thinking about them after the ad appeared to remind me.

Looking to find anyone that has experience and can provide some insight.

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  • in reply to shabaz
    shabaz said:
    Of course, it may be impractical for some use-cases.

    I'm guessing that there isn't much power available at the top of a grain bin, so PoE is being used to power the wireless access point ?

  • in reply to shabaz

    When I started providing break-fix IT support in 2018, there was 15M Internet provided. Two building connected to the high speed (it wasn't dialup), one over an serial connection on an abandon phone line and the other point-to-point.

    Since that time the network has involved to a hub and spoke concept on fiber. Three spoke connections into the central hub point are copper. Two are to access points over CAT6 and one to a point-to-point link to and access point on a grain bin 300m away. If you picture a rectangle, two short sides have wife coverage and one long side.

    The long side that doesn't have wifi coverage is now getting a 60G point to point link to feed another building being built.

    Fiber was installed a 18 months ago. During an upgrade to underground power service I suggested pushing an extra conduit while laying the 600volt service. Three weeks after my suggestion I was hiring contractors to pull fiber.

    I have looked at the fiber kits that include transceivers for both ends as an option. In a yard that is constantly in motion from farm vehicles, 125ft grain augers and transport trucks overhead is not an option. Digging a 300m trench to put a fiber cable to run an access point is pretty expensive.

    Some, not all of the grain bins have 600v blower motors to move air in the bins. The grain bin that got the latest antenna had electricians wire up a 120v service to power the PoE point-to-point. The PTP happened to support a PoE output that powered the access point.

    I've yet to experience an outage from a lighting strike or power surge. As the connection footprint begins to include more and more long CAT6 runs to access point and point to point equipment, I'm thinking my risk is going up.

    These device are less than 100 bucks a piece. With three cables already in place that six boxes and one more to come that is eight. I also think if something goes wrong someone has to know A) they are there and B)how to troubleshoot them..