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Old February 27th 04, 08:00 PM
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CB station grounding


That one went to trash after about five so I missed 90% of the conversation.




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Old February 28th 04, 03:21 AM
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In , "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE"


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CB station grounding


That one went to trash after about five so I missed 90% of the conversation.



That's probably a good thing. The point was that there is no 'good' method to
protect against lighting except to unplug. Some loudmouth wannabe was trying to
pass off the idea that you can leave your equipment connected, even the coax, as
long as the house has a central grounding point. I'm betting that he works for
some company that reaps the benefits of lightning damage......







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In , "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE"


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"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
news
In , "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE"


wrote:


"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
.. .
snip
Did you miss the recent thread on this subject?


Must have, what was the title?


CB station grounding


That one went to trash after about five so I missed 90% of the

conversation.


That's probably a good thing. The point was that there is no 'good' method

to
protect against lighting except to unplug. Some loudmouth wannabe was

trying to
pass off the idea that you can leave your equipment connected, even the

coax, as
long as the house has a central grounding point. I'm betting that he works

for
some company that reaps the benefits of lightning damage......


I wonder how many time he's actually been struck? How many times he's had
to file insurance claims for fire damage?

There IS equipment that will protect against a direct strike, he's right on
that account. But you're going to pay more than it cost for his equipment
to have it installed. There's a company here in south Texas that does that
sort of thing. I live on a hill so I contacted them and asked them to give
me a quote for tower protection. It was going to cost me $49k for them to
protect and guarantee my tower and equipment against damage in the event a
direct strike. This didn't include a $1200/year "maintenance fee." I did
have them install grounding and protection on my house, the little spike
things on the corners and peak of the roof. That was respectable, only
$3000 but I got a nice break on my insurance costs that paid for it in about
three years. My house has never taken a direct strike but my tower gets
struck at least once a year. I should own stock in Belden!

Kevin, WB5RUE




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Old March 2nd 04, 03:16 AM
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"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
.. .
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Did you miss the recent thread on this subject?


Must have, what was the title?


CB station grounding

That one went to trash after about five so I missed 90% of the

conversation.


That's probably a good thing. The point was that there is no 'good' method

to
protect against lighting except to unplug. Some loudmouth wannabe was

trying to
pass off the idea that you can leave your equipment connected, even the

coax, as
long as the house has a central grounding point. I'm betting that he works

for
some company that reaps the benefits of lightning damage......


I wonder how many time he's actually been struck? How many times he's had
to file insurance claims for fire damage?

There IS equipment that will protect against a direct strike, he's right on
that account. But you're going to pay more than it cost for his equipment
to have it installed. There's a company here in south Texas that does that
sort of thing. I live on a hill so I contacted them and asked them to give
me a quote for tower protection. It was going to cost me $49k for them to
protect and guarantee my tower and equipment against damage in the event a
direct strike. This didn't include a $1200/year "maintenance fee."



Judas 'Flippin' H. Priest.... those are commercial rates!!!


I did
have them install grounding and protection on my house, the little spike
things on the corners and peak of the roof. That was respectable, only
$3000 but I got a nice break on my insurance costs that paid for it in about
three years. My house has never taken a direct strike but my tower gets
struck at least once a year. I should own stock in Belden!



Heck, you can do it yourself for a LOT less -- in fact, most of the stuff you
can find at your local junkyard. Just drop me an email when you are ready, then
give me a few days to draw up some diags in CAD.







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I did
have them install grounding and protection on my house, the little spike
things on the corners and peak of the roof. That was respectable, only
$3000 but I got a nice break on my insurance costs that paid for it in

about
three years. My house has never taken a direct strike but my tower gets
struck at least once a year. I should own stock in Belden!



Heck, you can do it yourself for a LOT less -- in fact, most of the stuff

you
can find at your local junkyard. Just drop me an email when you are ready,

then
give me a few days to draw up some diags in CAD.


Yes but in this case if I take damage THEY cover the cost that the insurance
doesn't.




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