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August 4th 05, 12:45 AM
w_tom
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Ham radio operators would disconnect the antenna, place the
antenna lead inside a mason jar, and still suffer damage.
Only dumbass hams, and some CBers did that stunt. About a
stupid trick...Like a little glass bottle is going to stunt a
strike that traveled a few miles in *air* to get there...
...
The point of that post was overlooked. If they were using
mason jars, well, what year do were they learning how to
protect from lightning? 1920? Effective protection (by using
techniques far more reliable than disconnecting) has been that
well understood for that long. Yet even in an internet age,
myths still claim that effective protection is disconnecting.
Disconnecting can help IF humans are sufficiently reliable
(which they are not). Disconnecting was still not sufficient
when damage occurred almost 100 years ago. And yet still
myths about disconnecting continue.
Effective protection by earthing is always working; 24/7/52
weeks every year.
Earthing is what plug-in protectors forget to mention to
sell their ineffective and excessively profitable products.
Disconnecting is not sufficient especially when effective
protection is so easy, so reliable, and so inexpensive.
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