[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 127, Issue 27

[Steve Sacco NN4X]

Skip -

Lighting protection is science, not religion, and requires no "belief".

Consider that tall buildings, towers, the electrical grid, and aircraft, 
among many other things, are routinely hit by lightning and survive 
unscathed.

Clearly, the lighting damage you and your neighbors experienced was due 
to insufficient grounding.

73,
Steve
NN4X


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> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:28:13 -0400
> From: "Skip K3CC"<k3cc at verizon.net>
> To:<towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] lightening strike
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> I have had one very bad lightening strike that I lost almost all
> the appliance's  connected to the electrical service.
> THey included, hot water heater, cook stove, freezer, dishwasher
> my entire radio station, computers , TV, Stereo ETC.  You get the picture.
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> The strike was a ground strike that came in through the ground system of the
> electrical panel and phone line.
> This strike took out 4 homes and all the under ground utilities had to be replaced.
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> I have never believed in any kind of lightening protection.  I used to live on top of
> a hill at 1200 ft.  I now live in a 20 acres field at 2300 ft.  How can you protect against
> a strike through the grounding system ????
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> de Skip
> Skip Kauffman
> ARS K3CC
> EC ARES Potter CO, PA
> www.k3cc.net  
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