On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Chuck Hast wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/19/06, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Plus it will not be susceptible to any interference. Now you can have as
>>>> many connections as you want. (Once you buy the fiber optics nodes, which
>>>> you should be able to do for a few hundred each. Then the switch to allow
>>>> multiple connections. Plus the fiber tool which is only a few hundred. Of
>>>> course the cable which is not too bad when you get a volume break.)
>>>>
>>>> But then you'll be sitting pretty! Imagine! One of the few who already
>>>> have
>>>> fiber to the home!
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> I have my home on one end of my property and
>>> my workshop/offfice/junk place on the other end with about 300 ft between
>>> them. I have buried 1.5 inch pipe and run cat 5 through it, but of course
>>> a lighting storm took out the hub on one end (spared the other though)
>>
>> Yeah, outdoor conductive LANs in Florida are contraindicated for just that
>> reason.
>
> You'd think that galvanized pipe would "solve" the problem by minimizing the
> voltage difference between the two points. Of course, if you run PVC, you'd
> have to run a ground wire through it and ground it thoroughly at each end.
>
> (Yes, I know that lightning can still strike and be transmitted regardless.
> I'm just sayin'...)
Well, even if the strike-to-ground resistance through the pipe is pretty low
(like 1 milliohm or whatever), if you pass a million amperes through it
courtesy of Mother Nature, that's likely to do some damage. Now,
superconducting pipe, OTOH...
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