Lucent Technologies Release 6 manual Approved Floor Grounds

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 6	Issue 5
Installation and Test for Multi-Carrier Cabinets 555-230-112	May 1998

1Install and Connect Cabinets

Approved Grounds Page 1-24

Approved Floor Grounds

Approved floor grounds are those grounds on each floor of a high-rise building suitable for connection to the ground terminal in the riser closet and to the cabinet equipment single-point ground terminal. Approved floor grounds may include the following:

■Building steel

■The grounding conductor for the secondary side of the power transformer feeding the floor

■Metallic water pipes

■Power feed metallic conduit supplying panel boards on the floor

■A grounding point specifically provided in the building for the purpose

! WARNING:

If the approved ground or approved floor ground can only be accessed inside a dedicated power equipment room, then connections to this ground should be made by a licensed electrician.