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    Excessive current on Telco MGN connection?

    waross, I will take those readings and let you know what I find. Thanks
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    Excessive current on Telco MGN connection?

    Thanks for the info alehman, You have given me some things to check. When our cable comes up in an equipment room we make our customers provide us with a #6 MGN it is supposed to be connected to a good power company ground. In this case it is coming out of the disc panel. I can't see how or...
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    Excessive current on Telco MGN connection?

    thanks for the responses, yes this is a sheilded 200 pair calbe. It is standard practice, that when ever possible to connect to the power company MGN to remain at the same potential as them, and to help mitigate noise that is induced into our cable. If we have a separate ground field of our own...
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    Excessive current on Telco MGN connection?

    This is in an electrical equipment room, we are required to attach to the MGN via #6 solid copper. Outside at the Pedestal we are also attached to the vertical MGN on the power pole. Our new practice is to connect to the MGN and drive our own ground rod at the ped and attach to it as well. I...
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    Excessive current on Telco MGN connection?

    I am not sure why my attachment won't open.
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    Excessive current on Telco MGN connection?

    Let me start by saying I am not an engineer. I am a telecommunications technicain, I do have to work with the power company engineers and techs to resolve problems occasionally. I have attached a drawing of the premise where my problem exist. The setting is, this is an office building with 50...

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