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"Crazy George" wrote in message ...
Ron: The fact is that the phenomenon you cite does not bleed off anywhere near enough charge to make any difference. Yes, it does drain off charge. No, the quantity is like trying to empty the ocean with a leaky coffee can. Very true. Also, you sure wouldn't want to rely on that discharge theory to prevent a strike. Will be the other way around if it's a pointed tip. It will be struck sooner or later. But, if that tip were hit by lightning, the lightning would have struck in that close area anyway. I have tall trees in the yard in both the front and back. The last two close strikes, which BTW, have been in the last few weeks, have hit the trees instead of my mast. But my mast is not pointed. It's just pipe. Not as good a streamer as a point. Lightning has no idea where it's going until it gets to about the last step of it's travel and finds a streamer to hook up with. In a strike zone, there will be many, many streamers poking up all looking for attention. Which gets the call is akin to throwing a dice. Many times, the best streamer in the area is not in the right location to get the job. I always assume any object I stick up in the air will be struck sooner or later. To think anything else is foolish. The brush dischargers work on the same "theory". They are still struck at times. Trying to discharge fast enough in a storm to avoid a strike is like taking a whiz in a whirlwind. You may still get something on you...:/ MK |
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