Install Coupled Bonding Conductor - Avaya S8700 Installing Manual

166 Installing the S8700 Multi-Connect
Patch Cord/Jumper Installation and Administration

Install Coupled Bonding Conductor

The ''Coupled Bonding Conductor'' on page 167
block and runs adjacent to pairs in an associated telecommunications cable. The mutual
coupling between the bonding conductor and the pairs reduces potential differences in
terminating equipment.
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Cut a 10 AWG (#25) (2.5 mm
Multi-Connect configuration's single-point ground block or DC power media gateway
Ground Discharge Bar to the MDF CBC block.
Connect one end of the 10 AWG (#25) (2.5 mm
(or Ground Discharge Bar).
Route the wire next to the 25-pair cables connecting to the trunk/auxiliary (purple) field.
Tie wrap the 10 AWG (#25) (2.5 mm
Connect the 10 AWG (#25) (2.5 mm
Repeat the above steps for each CBC ground wire installed.
(CBC) connects to the single-point ground
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) wire long enough to reach from the S8700
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) wire to the single-point ground block
2
) wire to the 25-pair cables.
2
) wire to the MDF CBC ground block.
May 2002