[TowerTalk] Roof top towers

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 00-01-12 11:14:12 EST, n5nug@ix.netcom.com writes:

> Hello Dave, wind is the least of your worries. Lightning protection is the
>  question to ask. I had a Create 15' roof mounted tower (48' total height)
>  which I thought to be well grounded (4 - 8' ground rods) which took a 
direct
>  hit one night. $24k and 18 months later fighting with my home owners
>  insurance company we finally settled.

      Interesting. Grounding something that far off the ground is relatively 
futile. 

     What damage took place that the insurance company didn't want to pay 
for? Obviously the insurance company eventually had to pay up but I'd be 
interested in knowing how they thought they didn't have to pay for something 
that's ordinarily covered and paid with no problem. Was it NEC compliance or 
something similar? How did they think they were they going to weasel out of 
it? Who was the carrier?

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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