Surge Protection for Cell Sites
During a lightning strike, there can be lightning currents on the shield of these coaxial cables. To ensure the best protection, surge protectors for coaxial cables should be
A thorough lightning and surge protection approach provides optimal safety for people and high availability systems. LSP designs specialized AC and DC Surge Protection Devices (SPDs) for mobile radio sites.
However, due to the exposed nature of mobile phone masts, they are prone to recurrent direct lightning strikes that disrupt entire systems. Additionally, damage often arises from power surges, like those caused by lightning hitting close to a mobile radio site.
Cell sites are essential for communication infrastructure and need to be shielded from power surges caused by lightning hits. A major concern for telecom operators is towers going offline due to lightning strikes, which often target the tallest structures in a region.
When lightning strikes a cell tower's top, it damages equipment like receivers, antennas, and remote-radio heads placed up there. Moreover, this equipment connects to gear at the tower's bottom responsible for sending signals across the network. The resultant surge from a lightning strike also harms equipment in the tower's base station.
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