Dont compare real lightning braid to the stuff you pull off a piece of
RG213. The real stuff I have at my shack is 28 strands of #16 wire.
Considerably bulkier than coax braid. -pat
On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Charles H. Harpole wrote:
> If braid is a no-no for lightning grounding, somebody had better tell all
> the places where I have seen big braid cables used in the lightning rod
> systems. Specifically, the roof of our campus buildings at Univ. of Cent.
> Fla., but seen everwhere else I have looked at lightning rod
> installations.
> Also, isn't this a matter of electrical code, and is the code wrong?
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