Other Recommended Suppliers; Table B-11 Power Connection Wire Size; Table B-12 Power Connection Wire Size For Cabinets - Motorola iDEN Site Controller System Manual

Appendix B Parts & Suppliers

Other recommended suppliers

B-16
For a standard configuration, the equipment cabinets are located adjacent to
the Power Supply Rack with a cable loop length less than 35'.

Table B-11 Power connection wire size

Loop length
25 feet or less
25 to 40 feet
40 to 60 feet
60 to 130 feet
The wire sizes listed are large enough to
NOTE:
allow expansion of an RF Cabinet to five Base
Radios.

Table B-12 Power connection wire size for Cabinets

Loop length
150 feet or less
Each equipment cabinet has a total of four Power Supply Rack connections:
two -48 Vdc (hot) and two DC returns. Each equipment cabinet contains two
separate power distribution systems. A single hot wire and a single return
wire are used for each side of the bus. Two return leads provide redundancy
and allow a uniform wire size to be used for all 48 Vdc power distribution
system connections.
The following are the addresses of various suppliers for equipment used
during system installation.
Test Equipment
Fluke 77 Digital Multimeter
I
Fluke Corporation
P.O. Box 9090
Everett, WA 98206-9090
Phone: 425-347-6100
Internet: www.fluke.com
Gen 3 Site Controller System Manual
Wire size
#6 AWG
#4 AWG
#2 AWG
1/0 AWG
Wire size
#6 AWG
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