<p dir="ltr">You can get a telephone line lightning protection device, we install them on PBX incoming lines. Put one on both ends and ground properly.<br>
<a href="http://www.citel2cp.com/rs485_rs232___industrial_network_surge_protection-g-17-en.html">http://www.citel2cp.com/rs485_rs232___industrial_network_surge_protection-g-17-en.html</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Chris Mason<br>
Comet Systems<br>
Anguilla (264) 235-5670<br>
St. Kitts (869) 662-5670<br>
skype netconcepts</p>
<p dir="ltr">NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™<br>
Renewable Energy Systems professional<br>
Generac Generators Factory technician</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 27, 2013 2:31 AM, "Dan Fink" <<a href="mailto:danbob88@gmail.com">danbob88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Esteemed Wrenches;<div><br></div><div>We are replacing a venerable but zorched Trace U-series with a Magnum for an off-grid client. He has a "power shed" type install 100 feet from the house, and wants to be able to control and monitor the inverter from the house.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Magnum remote uses standard telephone cable, so no problem getting 100 feet so far as I can tell, the included cable is 50 feet and there are no distance warnings in the docs. But what about lightning? His system is in a very lightning prone area of Colorado. Everything's grounded well, but the remote itself can't be tied in as far as I can tell. We'll bury the telephone cable, but still.....are there any products out there from the days of telephone landlines (remember those?) for lightning protection? Or is this a non-issue? I'd hate to zorch the new inverter just because of a surge from the remote cable.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I love the Magnum remote, it's why we mostly install Magnum inverters now. I can walk even a novice off-grid client through troubleshooting and (sometimes) repairing a system over a sat phone from memory, without an owners manual on hand. Smooooth. But I have not run into this outdoor wire run situation with it yet.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance;</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div>Dan Fink,<br>Executive Director;<br>Otherpower<br>Buckville Energy Consulting<br>Buckville Publications LLC<br>NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers<br>
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