[TowerTalk] Grounding

[K9MA]

On 9/4/2019 17:17, wc1m73 at gmail.com wrote:
> Despite my way-too-long post, I forgot to address the question of whether all grounds should be disconnected during a lightning storm.

My theory has always been that, with the station equipment well bonded 
together, it is safe to leave the ground connected, as long as 
EVERYTHING else is disconnected. That leaves no path for current to flow 
through anything. I can disconnect the transmitting antennas with one 
coax, all the control cables and rx antennas with another big connector, 
and power with one 120 and one 240 V plug. That just leaves the ethernet 
cable, which I try not to forget.

In any case, my primary goal is to prevent a fire, and disconnecting the 
ground from the equipment probably wouldn't help there. I hope I never 
have to test that theory.

73,

Scott K9MA

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