RADWIN2000CPlusUserManual Release3.5.70 4‐18
InstallingaLink Chapter4
ForanytypeofIDU‐ODUconnection,lightningprotectionunits(LPUs)areinstalledinpairs,as
showninthenextfigure:
Figure4‐20:Basicuseoflightningprotectors
ToinstallaLPUonapoleadjacenttoanODU(HBSorHSU):
1.MountoneLPUonthe
ODUpole,ascloseas
possibletotheODU.
2.GroundtheLPUtothe
poleusingthegrounding
lug.
3.Connectthe0.5meter
CAT‐5ecabletotheIDU
portoftheODU.
4.Connecttheotherendof
thecabletothetopof
theLPU.
5.TightenthetopcableLPU
glandcap.
6.ConnectthemainODU‐
IDUcablefromtheIDUtothebottomendoftheLPU.
7.TightenthebottomcableLPUglandcap.
8.RunthemainODU‐IDUcabletowardstheIDUlocation.
9.InsulatebothLPUconnections.Seethenextsection,AdditionalConsiderationsfor
Waterproofing below.