[TowerTalk] Crank up tower lightning protection

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

Each section will have one, or possibly two pads making contact.

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Roger (K8RI)

On 10/12/2016 Wednesday 7:12 AM, David Robbins wrote:
> You already have the tower cabling and the coax and control wires going from
> top to bottom.  And as far as lightning is concerned the tiny gap between
> sections, even if there isn't a metallic connection, isn't going to mean
> anything to lightning.  When figuring lightning protection for high voltage
> power lines we ignored the insulators that were sometimes used on the shield
> wires to break them up to prevent 60hz circulating currents because they
> would flashover almost instantly from any lightning event... and those had
> gaps of several inches.
>
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Roger (K8RI)


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