Lightning Protection on C-Bus Cable

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    Stace

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    Is there a recommended lightning arrestor product for use with the C-Bus cable to offer a degree of protection from near field and indirect lightning strikes? I need to run C-Bus between two adjacent buildings, (underground) and wish to protect the incoming and outgoing signal at both ends. (Fibre optic cable and RF modem are too costly for this application).
     
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    Ross

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    Hi Stace,
    Try gel filled cable and crossing your fingers. Works :D
     
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    Stace,

    Try a network bridge at one end (saves half the site in a worst case instance).
    Also, we have used NOVARIS protection in the past.

    Mark
     
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    If a bridge will protect one network, then two will protect both. Expensive option though.

    I am a similar situation with a gel filled cat6 running between two buildings (actually there are four buildings in total). I don't want to spend 1K for each underground cable for two bridges. An approved solution would be great to see

    Mick
     
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    I would seriously consider the following to maximise lightning protection:

    1) run the C-Bus cable in earthed metal conduit. This will minimise the chance that disturbance current will actually flow in the C-Bus conductors
    2) unless you absolutely must use the remote override conductors, I suggest only running the two C-Bus signals + and - in one or more balanced twisted pairs over the exposed distance
    3) you can safely add a gas arrestor between each of the two C-Bus conductors and earth without affecting the C-Bus signals. These will minimise the potential between the C-Bus conductors and Earth, and probably will save a few power supplies in event of a strike.
    4) There are already zener diodes (transient arrestors) across the lines at every C-Bus node, so additional suppressors probably won't add much value.
     
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