Date   : Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:02:10 +0200 (BST)
From   : johan@... (Johan Heuseveldt)
Subject: Suppressor (Econet)

Hi,

On Sun 05 Aug, Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> >Message-ID: <Marcel-1.53-0805103913-b49xSBG@...>
> Johan Heuseveldt <johan@...> wrote:

> > If and when I would extend my Econet network, I would like to fit
> > Suppressors for safety reasons. If the cable is mounted along floors/walls,
> > it is more prone to things like mains power or lighting.
>  
> Does your network go outdoors anywhere?

Probably not, although it's tempting to have connections in the garage.

> If it is entirely in one or two rooms in a single house, then transient
> suppressors are not really necessary.

It's just that /if/ something is going wrong, it can terribly going
wrong. Horror can be found at <http://www.heyrick.co.uk> (Richard Murray)

As it is all old equipment, replacements are almost impossible for
the sake of availability.

> My Econet runs between two downstairs rooms and the basement,
> probably not longer than 15m or so long.

Perhaps the attic, and have some fun with a bridge as well.
A fast Econet for 32 bits machines too.

Even I myself could make mistakes, and mains power could touch my Econet
somehow. It's squares me considerably.

Of course, laying down the new cables should be done with great care,
but I still want some safety precautions.

Other machines like A3xx and A5000 will be connected, and even my
Risc PC: Yes, it make sense to me to consider it seriously.

Also, I would like to take it to club meetings, and perhaps it will
be usefull there too, not exactly knowing what others are doing?


Didn't you have such problems yourself in the past?
I seem to remember so.


> > Atm my network is more like a test situation, with the cabling almost
> > at random amongs two tables between a few to 10 or so machines.
> > (no terminators used, using small Y-cables creating a daisy chain)
>  
> There's currently eight machines on my network. If I could stop
> all my horizontal surfaces getting buried I'd be able to plug in a
> few more.

Using stacked equipment here. :-)



Still would like to know what can be build myself?


Greetings,
Johan

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