Installing The Chassis Ground Cable - Cisco NCS 4016 Installation Manual

Installing the Chassis Ground Cable

1 NEBS grounding point on right side of the
3 Lock washers
To ensure a satisfactory supplemental ground connection to the chassis, use the following parts:
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Note These parts are not available from Cisco (with the exception of the grounding lug), but they are available
from commercial vendors.
Installing the Chassis Ground Cable
This section describes how to install a ground cable to either NEBS bonding and grounding point on the
front or side of the Cisco NCS 4016 chassis.
Required Tools and Equipment
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chassis
One grounding lug, which has two M6 bolt holes with 0.625- to 0.75-inch (15.86- to 19.05-mm)
spacing between them, and a wire receptacle able to accept a 2-4-AWG or larger, multistrand copper
wire. This lug is similar to those used for the DC input power supply leads (see
Two M6 round-head screws and two locking washers (nickel-plated brass is ideal).
One grounding wire. Although we recommend at least 2-4-AWG multistrand copper wire, the wire
diameter and length depend on your chassis location and site environment.
Ground lug and screws (provided in chassis accessory kit)
Ground cable
Crimping tool and lug specific die
3/8-inch drive socket wrench
3/8-inch drive torque wrench rated to include 35 in-lb (3.95 N-m).
Chapter 4 Installing Power Components
2 Screws
Figure 4-3).