[TowerTalk] Static grounding protection-experience
Tower (K8RI)
tower at rogerhalstead.com
Sun Mar 21 22:11:29 EST 2004
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: "Tower (K8RI)" <tower at rogerhalstead.com>; <wcmoore at verizon.net>;
<Towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Static grounding protection-experience
>
>
> Y'know, in all this hypothetical discussion, I haven't seen anyone express
> what I think are the real "home truths" on the subject --
>
I think I did, bout an hour ago at the conclusion<:-))
Roger (K8RI)
> To wit:
>
> Unless you have a purpose-built shack and grounding system, and the
> knowledge to be sure that you are doing *everything* right (which few of
us
> do), the best way to protect your equipment and your house is to
disconnect
> every conductor between the tower and the shack, whenever you are not on
> the air. Otherwise, you can spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on
line
> protectors, only to discover that some inadequacy in your ground system
> (for example) will still allow voltages to rise high enough in the shack
to
> fry every semiconductor in the place. If the strike is close enough to
> your house, you can still have extensive damage through induced voltages
on
> conductors in the house, even if everything is disconnected. TANSTAAFL
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
>
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