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- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!utzoo!henry
- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Transmission line question
- Message-ID: <BzD756.CC1@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:24:40 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.202004.15878@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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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. Ground at one point isn't necessarily at exactly the same
- voltage as ground at another. Multiple grounds could result in quite
- large currents flowing in the shield, producing both interference and
- electrical hazards.
-
- The original Ethernet spec called for no grounding at all, and that's still
- the way most people wire their Ethernets. There are weak safety arguments
- for not leaving it floating, hence the change of spec.
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