[TowerTalk] lightning arrester suggestions

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Here is my surge panel using the Morgan arrestor's which I think are the best. 
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> On Dec 15, 2025, at 5:27?PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
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> ?On 12/15/2025 1:56 PM, n4zkf n4zkf.com wrote:
>> As mentioned, the buss bar should be connected to the house ground, and I also have a ground ring around each tower with 9 rods all shot to the ring and not clamped. Keep it all on the same potential.
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> That depends entirely on the distance between the tower and the premises. Lightning is an RF event, and at RF, a wire looks like a big inductor. I've seen credible recommendations (IEEE, for example), that says if more than 60 ft, (I've used 100 ft) a bonding conductor is not needed for lightning safety. BUT -- if there is mains power at the tower, wiring to it MUST, by law, carry a bonding conductor (green wire) for electrical safety -- that is, to blow a breaker in the event of a fault that makes a chassis "hot" to protect personnel.
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> 73, Jim K9YC
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