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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Mortensen" data-source="post: 107282" data-attributes="member: 2826">Re: ESDThis was a subject that came up at our CAT workshop, how flaky the grounding scheme is in the Ethernet world vs. what we are used to in the audio and electrical world. It seems that having two grounding items in the same vicinity as each other is sufficient, rather than having a screw/solder/clamp connection that is solid and immovable.As I said in the other forum, I believe your assertion that the shell of the Ethercon touches the shell of the RJ45, which is supposed to be connected to the shield, but the panel mount RJ 45 is already supposed to be grounded to the chassis. The only thing the Ethercon is shielding is the body of the RJ45 connector itself, as well as the unruly portion of the wires which are untwisted to get access into the connector. Unless the static interference is entering there, it&#039;s hard to imagine that the Ethercon connector is doing anything other than strain relief and comparatively immobilizing the RJ45 connection.Regarding your experience, the motto that I live by is &quot;It&#039;s better to be lucky than talented&quot;. Maybe you are in the club, too......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dan Mortensen, post: 107282, member: 2826"] Re: ESD This was a subject that came up at our CAT workshop, how flaky the grounding scheme is in the Ethernet world vs. what we are used to in the audio and electrical world. It seems that having two grounding items in the same vicinity as each other is sufficient, rather than having a screw/solder/clamp connection that is solid and immovable. As I said in the other forum, I believe your assertion that the shell of the Ethercon touches the shell of the RJ45, which is supposed to be connected to the shield, but the panel mount RJ 45 is already supposed to be grounded to the chassis. The only thing the Ethercon is shielding is the body of the RJ45 connector itself, as well as the unruly portion of the wires which are untwisted to get access into the connector. Unless the static interference is entering there, it's hard to imagine that the Ethercon connector is doing anything other than strain relief and comparatively immobilizing the RJ45 connection. Regarding your experience, the motto that I live by is "It's better to be lucky than talented". Maybe you are in the club, too...... [/QUOTE]

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