Based on previous shop experience, the insurance company just bought a small
'09 SUV.
phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Gulseth" <wb5jnc@centurytel.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 7:02 PM
Subject: [TenTec] OT: automotive lightning hit
> Greetings Ten-Tec'ers,
>
> As noted, this is "OT", but I thought I'd toss it out for comment since I
> am
> sure that a good percentage of the readers of this reflector have dealt
> with
> the effects of lightning on Ten-Tecs and other electronics.
>
> Here's the situation: a friend of mine who works for a local automobile
> dealership today told me that they had an '09 small import SUV that was
> brought (towed) into their shop after suffering a lightning strike. While
> the
> strike's exact path is needless to say an educated guess, according to my
> friend it appeared to enter via the vehicle's nav system antenna, found
> its
> way around inside, exited via the BC radio antenna across the body and/or
> through the electrical system and to ground through the tire pressure
> monitoring system and wheels. In the process, it took out the alternator
> and
> instrument cluster and "powdered" (carboned?) the surface of the fusebox
> (strangely, didn't blow any fuses.) It also burned a path across the rear
> cargo area carpet (likely from wiring underneath.) Needless to say,
> there's a
> strong suspicion that this isn't all that was damaged.
>
> So, based on this description and any experience you may have had with
> lightning vs. Ten-Tec rigs and/or other equipment, is there much (or
> anything) left of the electronics in this vehicle? I told my friend that
> from
> what I knew even if the vehicle were "fixed" it would probably be back
> multiple times with aftereffects. His reply was that he suspected it might
> wind up going to the salvage yard given the amount of parts and labor that
> could be involved (e.g. it would probably be cheaper to replace the engine
> with a used one than to check and replace all the sensors buried inside
> it.)
>
> Any comments?
>
> TNX/73, Al
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