[Amps] Lightning

[Gary Schafer]

Colin,

You are making it way too complicated. The best deterrent to lightning is to hang a rabbits foot on your tower. Actually several rabbits feet does a much better job.  After all have you ever heard of a rabbit getting hit by lightning?

73
Gary  K4FMX


COLIN LAMB wrote:

> Since we do not fully understand lightning, nor know when or where it will strike, I propose that we treat it as a parasitic or arc over.  A giant parasitic suppressor made of nichrome wire and tuned to perhaps 5 Hz. may reduce damage to house grids.  This would be shunted with a 10,000 watt, .1 ohm resistor.  Installing a current limiting resistor might also help.  I am not quite sure of the value, but I suggest a .01 ohm, 100,000 watt resistor for starters.  This could limit lightning current and reduce the velocity of the parts exploding from the new Ten-Tec Orion.
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> I had thought about reducing attraction of lightning by using underground half wave antennas - but that may not help.  The voltage developed between the two half waves - even underground may be substantial.  Perhaps the preferred solution is to elevate everything and power from a source other than the mains.  A solar powered station on some lawn chairs supported by numerous weather balloons may solve the lightning problem.
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