[TowerTalk] Grounding

[Chuck Dietz]

I had everything disconnected but the ground and a clock on top of an amp.
Lightning surge came through the power lines, through the clock and in to
the amp on its way to ground.
Now I disconnect the ground.

Chuck W5PR

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:01 AM <john at kk9a.com> wrote:

> What ground?  Do you use a seperate ground going from your radio
> chassis to a ground rod? I have my equipment bonded together but no RF
> ground and no RFI issues.
>
> John  KK9A/4
>
>
> K9MA wrote:
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> 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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