finalquest wrote:
w_tom - I do believe you make a very valid and important point. After
reading up on it a bit, one point grounding is one of the most important
things that need to be checked. As you mentioned the cheaper surge
protectors need that good ground to work properly. I'm still researching
this and have to agree at this point, the best protection is to disconnect
everything but there are times that's not practical. Once again, THANKS to
everybody that's helping out.


Indeed w_tom makes the best point about protection -- only a single
point ground for ALL points in a system in which all are tied together
and utilize a single point for a collective ground is effective. Damage
is (and will) be done if there is ANY means for a potential to vary in a
system. In other words, ALL points must rise and fall at the same time.
Current flows when there is a difference in two points in a system. My
radio tower is 65' high and located in west central Florida, aka
Lightning Capital of the US. After a strike to the foundation of my home
3 years ago, which literally blew ceramic tiles off the concrete slab
and turned them to shattered glass shards, and blew a 3 inch deep, 2
inch wide chasm some 5 feet long into the concrete, I undertook to make
certain I was safer. The strike did not hit my tower...it actually
struck the telephone equipment point 90 away in the front of my home.
The measures I took are on my web page: http://www.knology.net/~res0958z/

Bill
KC9CS