[Novalug] outdoor ethernet cable

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 18:15:35 EDT 2012


You seriously doubt that it could happen?

While I do wish him well, it's an awfully risky move, and I doubt it
complies with building code.

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 6:04 PM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd <
JECottrell3@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 7/9/2012 5:56 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
>
>> If anyone in the neighborhood gets struck by lightning, both houses will
>> probably go up in flames, since copper does conduct electricity. They
>> should have used fiber.
>>
>
> I forgot to mention...one is a Rabbi...God will protect them :)
>
> But seriously, if lightning hits the middle of the wire, do you think 8
> strands of #22 wire will carry the energy to either house before they melt?
>
> JIM
>
>  On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:36 PM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd
>> <JECottrell3@comcast.net <mailto:JECottrell3@comcast.**net<JECottrell3@comcast.net>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     I knew two guys who stretched an ethernet cable across the street
>>     between their houses. It was draped between two trees to cross the
>> road.
>>     They were both Orthodox Jews in the Orthodox section of Pikesville, so
>>     it's unlikely their neighbors will complain.
>>
>>     JIM
>>
>


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