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Damaged by a lightning ?
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Was your house/shack stroken by Thor's hammer, I mean a lightning recently ? I am interested in your experience... If your installaiton was damaged by a strike event, I would like to now if : - you used a central ground point bonded to an external grounding system, as well as the home ground. - you left some gears switched on during the strike event - you left the TX switched on and the coaxial plugged without protection - you installed or not lightning controllers in your electric distribution panel - you had installed another protection - you swicthed off and unplugged all devices - you think that the energy came back via the grounding network (probably dut to a difference of potential in a device) Tell me only in a few words what was the most probable cause of the accident. At last, if you master the subject, do you really think that a grounding system, as best it could be as the advice provided by PolyPhaser for example, will never protect you against a direct strike on your antenna or on the house lightning conductor Why ? All this will help me to conclude the article dealing with this matter : http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/qsl-...protection.htm Thanks in advance NB. Answer preferably through these forums to please everybody. Thierry ON4SKY |
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I believe lightning struck my chimney and took out the lawn sprinkler
control system and a couple of appliances. After a while I found the reason. The clamp on the ground rod for the house ground wire had disintegrated and I think the disintigration was caused by galvanic action. I just replaced with awhat I thought was a better one and the new one didn't corrode. 73 hank wd5jfr "Thierry" To answer me in private use http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/post.htm wrote in message ... Hi, Was your house/shack stroken by Thor's hammer, I mean a lightning recently ? I am interested in your experience... If your installaiton was damaged by a strike event, I would like to now if : - you used a central ground point bonded to an external grounding system, as well as the home ground. - you left some gears switched on during the strike event - you left the TX switched on and the coaxial plugged without protection - you installed or not lightning controllers in your electric distribution panel - you had installed another protection - you swicthed off and unplugged all devices - you think that the energy came back via the grounding network (probably dut to a difference of potential in a device) Tell me only in a few words what was the most probable cause of the accident. At last, if you master the subject, do you really think that a grounding system, as best it could be as the advice provided by PolyPhaser for example, will never protect you against a direct strike on your antenna or on the house lightning conductor Why ? All this will help me to conclude the article dealing with this matter : http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/qsl-...protection.htm Thanks in advance NB. Answer preferably through these forums to please everybody. Thierry ON4SKY |
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I believe lightning struck my chimney and took out the lawn sprinkler
control system and a couple of appliances. After a while I found the reason. The clamp on the ground rod for the house ground wire had disintegrated and I think the disintigration was caused by galvanic action. I just replaced with awhat I thought was a better one and the new one didn't corrode. 73 hank wd5jfr "Thierry" To answer me in private use http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/post.htm wrote in message ... Hi, Was your house/shack stroken by Thor's hammer, I mean a lightning recently ? I am interested in your experience... If your installaiton was damaged by a strike event, I would like to now if : - you used a central ground point bonded to an external grounding system, as well as the home ground. - you left some gears switched on during the strike event - you left the TX switched on and the coaxial plugged without protection - you installed or not lightning controllers in your electric distribution panel - you had installed another protection - you swicthed off and unplugged all devices - you think that the energy came back via the grounding network (probably dut to a difference of potential in a device) Tell me only in a few words what was the most probable cause of the accident. At last, if you master the subject, do you really think that a grounding system, as best it could be as the advice provided by PolyPhaser for example, will never protect you against a direct strike on your antenna or on the house lightning conductor Why ? All this will help me to conclude the article dealing with this matter : http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/qsl-...protection.htm Thanks in advance NB. Answer preferably through these forums to please everybody. Thierry ON4SKY |
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"Let us spray"?
"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message ... I believe lightning struck my chimney and took out the lawn sprinkler control system and a couple of appliances. |
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"Let us spray"?
"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message ... I believe lightning struck my chimney and took out the lawn sprinkler control system and a couple of appliances. |
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Safe Breaker wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:49:25 -0000, "Airy R. Bean" wrote: "Let us spray"? Face it, if wit was sh*t you'd be constipated. I think you're being a bit harsh on Airy -- David |
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Safe Breaker wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:49:25 -0000, "Airy R. Bean" wrote: "Let us spray"? Face it, if wit was sh*t you'd be constipated. I think you're being a bit harsh on Airy -- David |
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"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message ... I believe lightning struck my chimney and took out the lawn sprinkler control system and a couple of appliances. After a while I found the reason. The clamp on the ground rod for the house ground wire had disintegrated and I think the disintigration was caused by galvanic action. I just replaced with awhat I thought was a better one and the new one didn't corrode. Indeed, without care the binding between two metals is always "at risk". Polyphaser and other grounding kit manufacturers provide products to prevent this kind of corrosion, including coating for anchor guys (like Anchor Guard). Thierry 73 hank wd5jfr "Thierry" To answer me in private use http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/post.htm wrote in message ... Hi, Was your house/shack stroken by Thor's hammer, I mean a lightning recently ? I am interested in your experience... If your installaiton was damaged by a strike event, I would like to now if : - you used a central ground point bonded to an external grounding system, as well as the home ground. - you left some gears switched on during the strike event - you left the TX switched on and the coaxial plugged without protection - you installed or not lightning controllers in your electric distribution panel - you had installed another protection - you swicthed off and unplugged all devices - you think that the energy came back via the grounding network (probably dut to a difference of potential in a device) Tell me only in a few words what was the most probable cause of the accident. At last, if you master the subject, do you really think that a grounding system, as best it could be as the advice provided by PolyPhaser for example, will never protect you against a direct strike on your antenna or on the house lightning conductor Why ? All this will help me to conclude the article dealing with this matter : http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/qsl-...protection.htm Thanks in advance NB. Answer preferably through these forums to please everybody. Thierry ON4SKY |
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"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message ... I believe lightning struck my chimney and took out the lawn sprinkler control system and a couple of appliances. After a while I found the reason. The clamp on the ground rod for the house ground wire had disintegrated and I think the disintigration was caused by galvanic action. I just replaced with awhat I thought was a better one and the new one didn't corrode. Indeed, without care the binding between two metals is always "at risk". Polyphaser and other grounding kit manufacturers provide products to prevent this kind of corrosion, including coating for anchor guys (like Anchor Guard). Thierry 73 hank wd5jfr "Thierry" To answer me in private use http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/post.htm wrote in message ... Hi, Was your house/shack stroken by Thor's hammer, I mean a lightning recently ? I am interested in your experience... If your installaiton was damaged by a strike event, I would like to now if : - you used a central ground point bonded to an external grounding system, as well as the home ground. - you left some gears switched on during the strike event - you left the TX switched on and the coaxial plugged without protection - you installed or not lightning controllers in your electric distribution panel - you had installed another protection - you swicthed off and unplugged all devices - you think that the energy came back via the grounding network (probably dut to a difference of potential in a device) Tell me only in a few words what was the most probable cause of the accident. At last, if you master the subject, do you really think that a grounding system, as best it could be as the advice provided by PolyPhaser for example, will never protect you against a direct strike on your antenna or on the house lightning conductor Why ? All this will help me to conclude the article dealing with this matter : http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/qsl-...protection.htm Thanks in advance NB. Answer preferably through these forums to please everybody. Thierry ON4SKY |
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The CBer reveals herself every time that she opens her mouth....
"Safe Breaker" wrote in message ... Face it, if wit was sh*t you'd be constipated. |
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