Outside Plant Cat5e - Protection?

[Arr]

Anyone know if a standard Bix-in/Bix-out Gas lightning protection block installed on an overhead data cable will pass data without problems?
This would be the same concept as telephone installation ... but on a data cable.

Am going to duplicate post in the Gen Telephony section.

Cheers
PhM

 

[cwc3]

porta systems come to mind i don't know about bix
but 66 for sure itw lynx is another

 

[dhnl]

see

http://www.circatel.com/

They have a nice looking CAT5e protector I saw earlier this week.

 

[MaintOrphan]

I'm doing it on a 25-pr CAT 5 cable for about 180 feet. Using Circa terminals and standard 5-pin modules.

FWIW, running several T1 circuits over T1-rated exchange cables, same terminals and protector modules, all working fine with lengths over 300 feet.

 

[Arr]

MO,

If you are going overhead with that 25pr cable with ethernet on it, your clamping voltage using standard modules will not be enough to protect the equipment in the event of a lightning strike.

Cheers
PhM

 

[skip555]

why not pull fiber and forget about the protection ?