Not being much of a fan of MOVs in the first place, I figured there had to be some series type protectors out there somewhere but I'm not finding them at all. Design is relatively easy but extremely
Hi Pete, Why fight the dragon if you can persuade him to take another path? Why is the lightening visiting your rotor contol box anyway? Could it be that tastey AC power line ground at the other end
Why May be, lightning does very strange things I've noticed. I would of course use MOVs at the rotators themselves and again at the base of the tower but at the master ground bar at the service entra
Winding the cable into a choke at the entrance to your house (and possibly at the base of the tower) 'helps' to mimimize current. Tom N4KG ____________________________________________________________
Had thought of that, tricky thing to do given the voltage slew rate though since even a tiny bit of end-to-end capacitance would couple the transient across. Figuring all eight lines, for example, as
Pete, Best bet for power line induced lightning surge is to add an in-line inductor between the power company and the MOVs. I gave details on same (and may other tips on preventing lightning damage f
Pete: I wound a few turns of my rotator cable into a solenoid form about 2 inches in diameter just below the rotator plate. Held it into shape with some tape and cable ties. Did the same thing with t