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- From: mustafa@seas.smu.edu (Mustafa Kocaturk)
- Subject: Re: Transmission line question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.215254.995@seas.smu.edu>
- Summary: current loops may cause power line interference
- Keywords: ethernet interference
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- Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
- References: <1992Dec15.202004.15878@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:52:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.202004.15878@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> barr@tramp.Colorado.EDU (BARR DOUG) writes:
- >Some specs I have call for ethernet coax to be grounded in one location
- >and one location only! I am wondering why this is. Antenna effects,
- >current loops or something else. Does anyone know why this is the case?
-
- Current loops can cause I*R drops resulting in severe interference from
- the AC power network. The interference level may exceed that of the signal
- by several Bels (=orders of magnitude).
-
- I remember dealing with a shielded RS-232 cable that was forming a current
- current loop between two otherwise disjoint power networks. The cable
- had become so hot that its plastic insulation would have melted had I not
- noticed in time. I noticed it because the data was corrupted beyond
- any recognition, and the terminal would not work even at 50 bits/second !
- Ethernet signals would be much more sensitive to such interference
- with their smaller amplitude and higher speeds.
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