4 — Ground and power connections
4-2
2902 MainStreet Technical Practices
90-2906-01 May
2002
4.1
Ground connections
The three types of ground points are: protective earth, telecom safety earth (labeled
Sig/Gnd) and energy dumping ground (labeled EDG). Figure 4-1 identifies the
ground points on the unit. To avoid electrical damage to the 2902 MainStreet system,
all three ground types must be permanently and separately grounded.
Figure 4-1 Ground points on the 2902 MainStreet system
The cables used for these ground connections must be long enough to reach the
building ground point without splices.
The telecom safety earth cable should be 1.5 mm
2
(16 AWG), and green and yellow
in color.
Procedure 4-1 To ground the unit
Tools required:
•
wire stripper
•
crimp tool
•
one ring lug
•
three spade lugs
•
slot screwdriver
•
5/16-inch nut driver
•
10, 12 or 16 AWG wire (2.6 mm, 2 mm and 1.5 nominal diameter respectively)
(10 or 12 AWG is recommended)
1
Ensure that the unit is turned off.
8973
Line-1
Slot 2
Slot 1
Line-2
Modem
Terminal
Rx-1
Tx-1
Rx-2
Tx-2
Alarm
Loop
Display
Status
2
1
U
O
I
Protective
earth
P1
P2
EDG Sig/Gnd
EDG
Sig/Gnd
Summary of Contents for MainStreet 2902
Page 1: ...2902 MainStreet Network Termination Unit Release 1 0 H T E C H N I C A L P R A C T I C E S ...
Page 40: ...3 Mounting the unit 3 8 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 50: ...4 Ground and power connections 4 10 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 68: ...6 Connecting to the network 6 4 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 90: ...7 Connecting to data devices 7 22 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 108: ...10 Node management 10 10 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 150: ...14 CPSS 14 6 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 218: ...20 Codirectional DCM 20 6 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 234: ...22 HCM rate adaption 22 10 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 246: ...23 Cross connecting circuits 23 12 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 254: ...24 Visual indicators 24 8 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 266: ...25 Alarms 25 12 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 278: ...26 System diagnostics 26 12 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 298: ...27 Loopbacks 27 20 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
Page 332: ...Glossary GL 8 2902 MainStreet Technical Practices 90 2906 01 May 2002 ...
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