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Lightning Protection - "The Extra Step" - Un-Plugging the AC Power - Question : Do You ?
"RHF" wrote in
oups.com: Tim - What I Post -is- What I Post ~ RHF [ What Your Choose To Read -is- Up To You ! :] Lightning Protection - "The Extra Step" - Un-Plugging the AC Power - Do You ? - - - Link Removed - - - { And Now You Know - The Message Is The Same Here-or-There } Robert [VA2ERY], I believe that Chris is also Un-Pugging the Equipment from their AC Power Sources : The Household AC Power System can be the path of destruction for a 'very near' {Tree-in-the-Yard} Lightning Hit. Many Do Not 'un-plug' the AC Power Cord from their Equipment. Some do 'un-plug' the AC Power Cord from the Wall Outlet. Some will 'un-plug' the AC Power Cord from the Equipment. Some may 'un-plug' the AC Power Strip (Surge Protector) from the Wall Outlet. Some simply 'Turn-Off' the AC Power Strip (Surge Protector). Some go way beyond 'disconnect' the Antenna from the Equipment; and will put a Shorting Plug / Wire across the Antenna Inputs of the Equipment; plus they will Un-plug the Equipment from the AC Power. { Usually these Guys wear both a Belt and Suspenders :-} WORST CASE SCENARIO : -IF- Lightning Directly Hits your Shack and Fuses All the Equipment and sets your House-on-Fire and the House Burns Down to the Ground : While you are away on Vacation with your Family. -Remember - You Are Still Alive and Your Family Is Safe [.] FWIW - The Gralic always grows best around a well watered Ground Rod or the Concrete Pier foundation of a Radio Tower ) as aways i am un-plugged - cause - iane ~ RHF . | | | / \ I generally don't unplug or switch off anything, but when I hear corona discharge on my radios as some t-storms cause, I get goose bumps and start unplugging and switching off things like a mad man. Larger Higher antennas seem to collect a charge more. A couple of my antennas aren't DC ground I and can spark the coax to ground with some storms. Freaky. Hey, new way to charge up a capacitor. sc |
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