Re: How to ground an IBM 36U rack?

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Or you could put the rack up on blocks, you are in the midwest! :-)


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On 4/12/2017 12:24 PM, DrFranken wrote:
> Guessing those holes are 10mm but no matter what are absolutely going to
> be metric. As for the cable do you not have your cable stretcher?
>
>
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> On 4/12/2017 12:03 PM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> > I think I found the grounding lugs.
> >
> > What I thought might have been grounding lugs are two adjacent holes
> > (which kind of match the terminal on the cable).  There's one pair at the
> > top center, and one pair at the bottom center.  Now I don't think these
> > are it.  I think these are for mounting some sort of cable management
> > system.
> >
> > If you look at the top back, right next to the number 36 (for the 36th
> > Unit) you will see a sizeable threaded hole on both the right 36 and the
> > left 36.  It's within an inch of that number.
> > There's a pair of these at the bottom but much further down than the 1.
> > More like on the external bottom edge of the rack.
> > I want to use a top one.
> > First I need to find a threaded screw to fit it.
> > Next I have to hope that the ground cable at the data center will reach
> > it.  I am really doubting it.
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt