[TowerTalk] Arc During Lightning Storm

[W3YY]

At my QTH, Dave's response arrived before the original post to which he was 
replying.  Maybe ESP?

Bob - W3YY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt at arrl.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Arc During Lightning Storm


> You are hearing the original lightning protector... the gap between wires 
> in
> typical electrical outlets, lamp sockets, switches, etc is so small that
> they will arc over at just a couple thousand volts.  This is low enough of 
> a
> voltage that during a close strike the induced voltage can be high enough 
> to
> cause them to arc over but not be bad enough to actually damage 'normal'
> equipment.  It can be enough to take out sensitive phones and modems and
> cheap electronics.
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike W2LO
>> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 23:11
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Arc During Lightning Storm
>>
>>   A couple of times in my life I have been in a building during a
>> lightning
>> storm, as today, and I hear a "zap" arc-type noise during a close strike.
>> Today I was in a garage during a storm and we had a close strike, but not
>> terribly so, and I heard a loud "zap". All the ac circuits and telephones
>> worked afterward (there were no external antennas, etc.) What am I
>> hearing?
>>
>>                                                    Mike  W2LO
>>
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