[TowerTalk] grounding

[Glenn Noska]

     i'm an electrician in the surge capital of the world, Orlando ( did 
lightning just hit that house?), Florida. the last three days were spent 
devouring old towertalk threads on grounding, super informative! well, surge 
protectors are pretty useless without a good ground and armed with towertalk 
knowledge i was ready to give my customer's the best ground their money 
could buy.
     then, a really sharp engineer at Intermatic dropped this little 
bombshell. if your ground is a lot better than the utility's ground at the 
transformer then all the neighborhood's surges are coming for a visit. and 
you might think they're just coming to your ground, but, as they travel the 
common they induce surges in the two hots. So, you may have dodged the big 
surge, and bought yourself a whole lot of little ones.
      is this significant? do i need to put a big horkin MOV on the neutral 
to the meter that'll add a couple dozen ohms and keep the neighborhood's 
surges out? is there such a thing?
     all kidding aside, i'm guaranteeing all appliances and electronics to 
$10,000.00 or the homeowner's deductable (installing Intermatic 
IG1300-4T-2C). please help.

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