Grounding Instructions For Cabinets And Chassis - Nortel Meridian 1 Succession 1000M Installation And Configuration Manual

Grounding instructions for cabinets and chassis

chassis cannot be powered from the same service panel, it must be grounded
separately from the others back to the service panel that supplies it.
For an expanded Chassis system, all chassis and chassis expander pairs must
be powered from the same service panel.
See Table 19 for region-specific grounding requirements.
Table 19
Region-specific grounding wire requirements
Region
Germany
Other regions
in Europe
UK
Procedure 12 describes how to ground Small System cabinets or chassis.
Repeat the steps for each cabinet or for each chassis and chassis expander pair
installed in the system.
Procedure 12
Grounding the cabinets or chassis
1 Make sure that you disconnect the ac power cord from the power outlet.
Note: For the Chassis system in an equipment rack/cabinet
configuration, equipment must be powered from the same service panel.
DANGER OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
Never connect power to a cabinet or chassis that is not
grounded correctly.
Installing the system ground
Grounding wire requirements
2
#8 AWG (10 mm ) green/yellow wire
not smaller than #6 AWG (16 mm
two green/yellow wires no thinner than 10 mm
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