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9 Check to ensure screws are secure.
Figure 25: Securing the Chassis to the Rack
10 After the chassis is secured to the equipment rack, ground the chassis.
Grounding the Chassis
Although grounding the chassis is optional, it is recommended to do so. You must provide the following
materials to ground the chassis:
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Two 10-24 screws
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One copper, standard barrel 2-hole compression grounding lug with 0.63-inch hole spacing, type
LDC, equivalent to Panduit part number LCD4-14A-L or Thomas & Betts part number: LCN4-14
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# 14 AWG stranded copper wire
The rear panel of the chassis provides a grounding pad with threaded holes for attaching a ground
cable.
Installing a BlackDiamond X series Series Chassis
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