Connecting The Earth Ground To The Cabinet - Nortel AccessNode 2016 User Manual

3-28 Installation guidelines
Procedure 3-9

Connecting the earth ground to the cabinet

Use this procedure to connect the earth ground to the AN2016 Cabinet. The
ground ring system of the cabinet is normally buried in the ground around the
cabinet. Follow local electrical codes for buried grounding techniques and
requirements. For an illustration of the ground ring system, see
Requirements
You need the following tools and materials:
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Action
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voltmeter
one medium flat blade screwdriver
one small flat blade screwdriver
one wire stripper for 2 AWG wire
2 AWG insulated wire
2 AWG solid bare tin copper wire
(see note in Figure 3-5
lug terminals approved for the purpose
ground ring system is in position
earth ground wires are in position
Action
Open the SPC and termination compartment door.
Pull the bonding wire through the grommet in the center of the split sleeve
cluster. Route the wire in a smooth curve to the ground bar (see
Note: The bending radius must be greater than eight in. with an angle
greater than 90 degrees.
Connect the bonding wire to the ground bar (see
connection according to
Connect the 2 AWG solid bare tinned copper wire to the ground bar. Tighten
the connection according to
Note 1: Ground wire terminals must be CSA and UL approved for the
purpose and installed according to manufacturers instructions.
Note 2: You can use screw lug type terminals with either stranded or solid
wires with proper AWG and torque values.
Note 3: Use compression lug terminals with stranded wires only.
Rel 1.0 Standard May 1999
and note in step 9
Table 3-2.
Table 3-2.
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Figure
below).
Figure 3-20). Tighten the
3-5.
Figure 3-19).