The following guidelines should be observed when grounding a cabinet: An unpainted earth reference plane or rail must be installed on the floor of the cabinet for the conventional reference potential. Proper grounding is essential to ensure electrical safety, protect equipment, and maintain reliable system performance. A well-designed grounding. All communication devices and auxiliary devices (such as mobile base stations, transmission and switching devices, power supply devices) in the equipment room should be grounded for protection. Connect all protective ground for various devices jointly to a general ground bar, and then to the same. Protective Earthing is a requirement to divert unwanted, potentially hazardous currents from all exposed metallic parts such as equipment chassis, racks, cabi-nets, cable trays, conduit, and patch panels for personnel safety reasons and to avoid potential damage to equipment. cabinets, frames, racks, trays, pathways) are connected using a bonding grid, which is connected to multiple points on the common bonding network. ” Refer STANDARD TIA-607D Generic Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding. Contact VA's AHJ, Spectrum Management and COMSEC Service (SMCS 005OP2H3), (202-461-5310), for all technical assistance. System designer must verify availability of this system and.