Re: Whole house phoneline surge protection

On Jun 6, 4:24 pm, letter...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
After reading all the replies on here yesterday, I called the
Telephone company. They told me that there is nothing they can do
about lightning damage to electronic devices connected to their line,
and suggested I buy surge protectors. When I told them that I do not
believe I have an adequate ground, they said that if they installed
the the line, it was done right. I explained the method used to
ground it and told them that I do not consider this adaquate.

They said they would come to check, but if they do not find a problem,
I would have to pay a minimum $50 fee. If they did find a problem in
MY WIRING, I'd also be charged. If however they found a problem on
THEIR END of the wiring, there would be no charge.

Appalling are the large number of Americans who don't know how
electricity works. Talking to the telco phone banks is like asking an
English major why a light bulb works. They don't know. Only way to
get problems solved is to get the lineman - the only telco service
people who know how electricity works. You can spend hours explaining
the problem to a phone droid. The lineman takes a look and solves it
in minutes.

This problem is so acute that Verizon recently created a VP of
customer service.

If you did not have earthing, then you had no surge protection. AND
if all incoming utilities are not earthed to the same point (directly
or via a protector), then damage will still result. Nobody is
'required' to solve surge damage due to multiple earth ground rods.
However one utility discusses the problem AND solutions in "Preventing
Damage Due to Ground Potential Difference" at:
http://www.cinergy.com/surge/ttip08.htm

Bottom line: you (the homeowner) is responsible for providing proper
earthing. If you don't provide sufficient earthing, then inadequate
earthing by each utility may be installed. Any utility wire in any
cable that enters without a connection to earth ground can earth
lightning, destructively, through appliances. One common path to
earth is incoming on AC hot (black) wires, and destructively to earth
via telephone appliances and that telco installed 'whole house'
protector. All incoming wires must connect to that same earthing
electrode - the single point earth ground.

This is America. The homeowner is ultimately responsible for
getting all utilities to properly earth. How good is that earthing
(meaning how good is that protection)? Well, what single point
earthing electrode(s) did you install?
.

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