[TenTec] OT: Lightning and Grounds

Dale Saukerson dsaukers at mn.rr.com
Fri Jul 1 19:56:30 EDT 2005


>Open circuit feed ins could arc to other conductors and do as much damage to
>shack as leaving them on rigs.

I can affirm this.
I had lightning discharge thru open RG8 in the shack years ago. It 
arced to nearby HW101 chassis and made a *very* loud pop. No harm 
done to gear, but I was in the room and got one hell of a wake-up 
call.


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