<div dir="ltr">All of the DSLAMs that Australian carriers are throwing in the bin right now have $20 gas-discharge lightning arrestors on every port to comply with TEBA rules around LSS connections.<div><br></div><div>I imagine that FTTC has no such requirement because there is no expensive voice exchange to protect.</div><div><br></div><div>Underground copper is probably more vulnerable than aerial to lightning. Lightning strikes the ground, not the copper, but a voltage gets induced in the copper due to the nearby electromagnetic charge - something that doesn't happen in air because it's a fairly good insulator.</div><div><br></div><div>If your disconnected FTTC copper line is still part of a bundle that it connected back in the exchange, then you could be affected by a lightning strike that is kilometers away.</div><div><br></div><div>Even better, since your line is shorter than the long lines back to the exchange, you are now potentially on the high-voltage side of an un-coiled transformer.</div><div><br></div><div>Consider also that VDSL2 FTTC CPE needs a more sensitive receiver than legacy ADSL2+ to achieve the high-order modulations, so it's probably more susceptible to overvoltage conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>Annual reminder: use hierarchical cable sizes when constructing an earthing system to protect against lighting. Electrical contractors will use a "bigger is better" rationale to upsell you to larger cables which can inadvertently redirect lightning to where you don't want it. There are not many professionals around that really understand this stuff.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope the E-waste guys know what's in those DSLAMs and recycle them appropriately, but that's probably wishful thinking!</div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 11:14, Jrandombob <<a href="mailto:jrandombob@darkglade.com">jrandombob@darkglade.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Yeah, I'd say that's a good bet.<br>
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Aerial lead-ins are always going to be more susceptible to induced<br>
spikes from nearby lightning than buried cable.<br>
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 11:30 AM <<a href="mailto:mike@ozonline.com.au" target="_blank">mike@ozonline.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Friday 15th we had 30 FTTC NCDs "fried"<br>
> in a single 1km2 area due to an electrical storm.<br>
> No other devices were impacted in the affected households and<br>
> damage occurred irrespective of whether NCDs were plugged to<br>
> surge protectors or not.<br>
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> It seems unlikely that lightning hit lead-ins for the<br>
> affected services.<br>
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> The area has mainly aerial lead-in delivery.<br>
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> Induced power spike?<br>
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> - Michael Bethune<br>
> Australia On Line<br>
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