[TowerTalk] Challenging Grounding/Bonding Situation ?

[Matthew King - KK4CPS]

Bill, if you don't bond the ground systems together to bring them all to
the same potential, the lightning already has a path to the house - the
feedline!  Then it gets to go through the radio and to the the ground on
the power outlet, frying things as it goes... not a good plan!

Matt
KK4CPS


On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:26:11 +0000 (UTC), N3AE wrote:
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> > I believe the tower radial system must be bonded to the nearby garage
> electric service ground rod
>
> REPLY:
>
> Why would you want to do that? Do you want a portion of the lightning
> strike to reach your house ground and be coupled throughout your
> house?
>
> Lightning does not want to go to your house, it wants to go to ground.
> Why give it path into your house?
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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