Re: [EE} Protecting CAN bus

David C Brown <[email protected]>
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I am running them from a DC supply (12volt battery) which is distributed on
a second pair of the CAT 5 cable)
No connection to earth.
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 at 19:44, Jason White <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I speculate you are probably "safe enough".
>
> So long as they are all fed from the same AC supply (I assume you are using
> AC->DC power bricks) and don't reference ground (ie. dirt, separate from
> local AC supply's "ground" connection).
>
> I doubt you'd get substantial differences in whatever common mode surges
> couple through the power bricks.
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