Lightning Protection Systems Heath Howe English 101 November 5‚ 2011 Lightning Protection Systems Did you know that last year‚ in the United States‚ property loss due to lightning strikes exceeded one billion dollars? The average homeowner’s insurance paid $4‚296 per lightning claim and an average of two hundred fifty thousand insurance claims were filed strictly due to lightning. In January 2003‚ the American Meteorologist Society issued a bulletin endorsing the lightning protection requirements
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TABLE OF CONTENT Topic Pages 1.0 Introduction.............................................................................................................................1 1.1 Overview ……………………………………………………………………………………………..….2 2.0 Fast Ethernet ………………………………………………………………………………3-4 2.1 Overview of the Fast Ethernet ………………………………………………………………………..4 2.2 Implementation
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As per Wikipedia‚ "natural monopoly" is defined as "an industry is said to be a natural monopoly if one firm can produce a desired output at a lower social cost than two or more firmsthat is‚ there are economies of scale in social costs. Unlike in the ordinary understanding of a monopoly‚ a natural monopoly situation does not mean that only one firm is providing a particular kind of good or service. Rather it is the assertion about an industry‚ that multiple firms providing a good or service is
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Contents Page Number 1. INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Topic chosen and its context 3 1.2 Reasons for choosing the topic 3 1.3 Aims and objectives of the report 4 2. INFORMATION GATHERING 5 2.1 Sources used and reasons for their use 6 2.2 Methods used to gather information 6 3. ANALYSIS 8 3.1 Fiber-optic technology 9 3.2 Fiber-optic applications 10 3.3 Transmission history 10 3.4 Fiber-optics emergence 11
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the transmission over longer distances at higher bandwidths than other communications. A fiber optic communication system consists of three components: an optical transmitter‚ a fiber optic cable‚ and an optical receiver. The optical transmitter converts electrical signal to optical signal; the fiber cable carries the optical signal from the transmitter to the receiver; and the optical receiver converts the optical signal to electrical signal. Most optical fibers are made of silica or sand‚ raw
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• Proposed Network Diagram Page 11 Task 3: Implementation and Testing • Patch Cable Construction and Testing Page 12 • Building the Network Page 13 • Testing the Network Page 15 Task 4: Structured Cabling • Site Survey Page 17 • Physical Wiring Considerations Page 17 • Tools and Skills that are Needed for Wiring Page 18 • Location of Equipment and Cables Page 18 • Extending the Network Page 19 • Testing of Networks and Diagnostic
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easy to reconfigure. 4) Other advantages include isolation of devices and benefits from centralization 1) If the hub fails‚ the whole system is dead. 2) If the hub‚ switch‚ or concentrator fails‚ nodes attached are disabled. 3) Requires more cable length than a bus topology. 4) More expensive than bus topologies because of the cost of the hubs‚ etc. In local area networks where the star topology is used‚ each machine is connected to a central hub. The star topology allows each machine on
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that is all needed to jump start a car. -Another car with jumper cables or a rechargeable battery pack with jumper cables Body: 1. knowing how to jump start a car is very helpful so you don’t get stranded accidently by running out your battery. 2. If you’re prepared with your own jumper cables it’s usually easy to find a helpful generous person to lend you a jump (their battery in their car). 3) If you have jump cables with you on the go‚ not only are you prepared to help yourself but you
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INTRODUCTION Ceylon Cleaners Pvt. Ltd is a leading provider of cleaning services for Companies‚ Hospitals and many institutions‚ which is based in Auckland‚ New Zealand. In order to run a smooth operation the company has closely to 700 employees. The company undertakes janitor services in most of the government and private companies and growing as more organizations are signing up with them. Due to the increased customer base the company has decided to move its operational task to Sri Lanka which
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Comcast Corporation is situated in the United States and is mainly involved in cable television‚ internet and phone services business. In addition‚ the company is also involved in the provision of an extended range of facilities that include entertainment and communication services and products. The Comcast Corporation is able to cater for most of the needs of their residential and commercial customers who may be in need of their services or products. Comcast Company has been in operation for about
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