I have great surge protection at the entry to my home and at each electrical panel. I have had the ground checked to ensure that it is very high quality. I also have good cable modem protection at the entry to the home and at the entry to the cable modem.
There is an extensive collection of networks in the house, with dozens of POE devices (including external security cameras, Crestron controlled remote devices, etc). I was planning on adding several gas discharge tube based devices similar to these so that I don't get unexpected surges traveling through the CAT6 networks/devices (a friend got some equipment fried when lightning hit near his home and traveled through his security camera setup):
http://www.l-com.com/surge-protector...ning-protector
My question: how should I go about grounding these devices (they have a lug on the rear)?
All the expensive equipment I am trying to protect is in a series of racks in the same equipment room, as are all of the network switches, routers, and POE power supply devices.
I could ground them to the racks? Alternatively, it seems like I ought to be able to purchase (or make?) something that would provide a ground wire via a single wire plug into the same electrical outlet the associated gear is plugged into?
Advice?
There is an extensive collection of networks in the house, with dozens of POE devices (including external security cameras, Crestron controlled remote devices, etc). I was planning on adding several gas discharge tube based devices similar to these so that I don't get unexpected surges traveling through the CAT6 networks/devices (a friend got some equipment fried when lightning hit near his home and traveled through his security camera setup):
http://www.l-com.com/surge-protector...ning-protector
My question: how should I go about grounding these devices (they have a lug on the rear)?
All the expensive equipment I am trying to protect is in a series of racks in the same equipment room, as are all of the network switches, routers, and POE power supply devices.
I could ground them to the racks? Alternatively, it seems like I ought to be able to purchase (or make?) something that would provide a ground wire via a single wire plug into the same electrical outlet the associated gear is plugged into?
Advice?