Bolt11
03-11-07, 09:08 PM
We had another one of the typical West Texas thunderstorms come rolling through last night, and it took at some stuff again. I thought we'd be okay, as I have installed several levels of protection. But, it was not the case. I have pretty well narrowed it down to coming in through the telephone system.
3 lines and one DSL service
a Curcuit Rider surge protector at the telephone company's main service entrance.
the tele company's isolators at the box, which were blown.
a home run runs from the tele box to a OnQ/Legrande patch panel, which has a distribution block with a surge protection module. The solder paths on the back of this patch panel were burned up.
from here the surge went to the DSL modem (not working) and then through the router (working). One PC wouldn't boot, 2 wouldn't access the network, and a network printer lost it's network card, just like the PC's did. A DVR on the system is fine. A serial port connection the downed PC was connected to also rendered communication with a time clock useless.
What can I install on the telephone system that I do not continue to have these costly problems? I am open to suggestions, but it seems to me that some quality surge protection at the main telephone entrance panel should cover it, I don't believe induction inside the building to be a major problem.
My electrical service has sufficient protection in place on it (I hope). The telephone/network system apperently needs some more work.
3 lines and one DSL service
a Curcuit Rider surge protector at the telephone company's main service entrance.
the tele company's isolators at the box, which were blown.
a home run runs from the tele box to a OnQ/Legrande patch panel, which has a distribution block with a surge protection module. The solder paths on the back of this patch panel were burned up.
from here the surge went to the DSL modem (not working) and then through the router (working). One PC wouldn't boot, 2 wouldn't access the network, and a network printer lost it's network card, just like the PC's did. A DVR on the system is fine. A serial port connection the downed PC was connected to also rendered communication with a time clock useless.
What can I install on the telephone system that I do not continue to have these costly problems? I am open to suggestions, but it seems to me that some quality surge protection at the main telephone entrance panel should cover it, I don't believe induction inside the building to be a major problem.
My electrical service has sufficient protection in place on it (I hope). The telephone/network system apperently needs some more work.