Back when the Earth was young, and the crust was still cooling, we ran
serial connections between computers, over long distances and sometimes
between power distributions. It wasn't uncommon to see ground loops
lead to arcing. I don't see it as much now because I'm a little more
careful about my grounds, and I bridge such problems with glass rather
than copper.
The potential is still very real.
gerry
David Mathog wrote:
Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
Quoting "Robert G. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Mon 28 Jul 2008
06:15:44 AM PDT:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Eugen Leitl wrote:
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 07:19:56PM -0700, Jim Lux wrote:
bear in mind that ordinary ethernet both coax and twisted pair is
galvanically isolated.
This is strange, because I've seen (small) sparks and received (mild)
shocks from both, in two different locations.
Ground loop. Very dangerous. You go first...;-)
rgb
Very odd.. I'd be looking for an outright short from the cables to
something (or, a LOT of capacitive coupling)...
Could this possibly be static electricity discharging? Is the humidity
very low where this is being seen, and or, is the operator moving over
carpet shortly before the spark is observed?
I can't say that I've ever seen sparks leave an ethernet cable even here
in Pasadena when the winter humidity is close to zero, but I have had
sparks jump off my fingers as they passed near mounting screws on wall
plates. In spark season I routinely get blasted by my car's door
handle, and there's definitely no ground loop going on there.
David Mathog
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