They are also offering a $100,000 guarantee....
https://www.preventlightning.com/products
Isn't the ground normally positively charged? And why wouldn't
preventing the streamers going up stop the strike?
Asking for a friend :) I don't have the answers.
On 5/22/19 8:42 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
They invoke Ben Franklin and Tesla and evolution.
They don't invoke math of physics.
They claim 100% protection. Anyone that knows lightning knows nobody
can do that.
It strikes where and what it will strike. I think I read that tall
buildings in Manhattan get hundreds of strikes a year. If it worked,
they would have glowing testimonials and photos from some of those
building managers.
The guarantee terribly is weak:
Protection vs. Prevention; the choice is clear. The CMCE-55 will
provide you with 100% protection from a strike directly hitting your
property. We are so confident of this that we offer a 100% Money
Back Guarantee in the event of a failure.
They claim to know the polarization of a cloud but some are positive and
some are negative. Some lightning comes from the ground and goes to the
sky, some comes from the sky and goes to the ground.
What is active about it? It is not powered. When I saw the subject I
was thinking of some kind of ion generator to help dissipate charge like
a static cat. Or some kind of semiconductor device that detects a
waveform rise and switches the circuit and shunts it to ground when it
sees an impulse. Broadcast towers use an active device like that to
protect their transmitters. CATV amps used to have such a feature
available.
Pretty metal and plastic. It will provide a good target for lightning.
Assuming that you actually ground the thing.
I predict they will sell some of these things and then leave town so to
speak.
What does that mean?
“That means that your son’s little finger is perfectly situated to
operate the spit valve on a B-flat flugelhorn. “
What does that mean? That means that your son's little finger is
perfectly situated to operate the spit valve on a B-flat flugelhorn.
Read more:
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-music-man
What does that mean? That means that your son's little finger is
perfectly situated to operate the spit valve on a B-flat flugelhorn. Is
that good? Good?
Read more:
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-music-man
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McCown
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 6:22 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Active Lightning Suppressor - Snake Oil, or Science?
I think somebody is going to get sued.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 21, 2019, at 9:22 PM, Matt Hoppes
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I had a conversation with another tower owner tonight regarding
active lightning suppressing.
>
> https://www.preventlightning.com/
>
> The theory sounds good, and I've seen similar things installed on at
least one other tower. My question -- does it actually work? And if
so, why is it not standard fare on towers? If I'm putting in a 160,000
commercial tower, why wouldn't one of these things just go on top of it?
>
> Thoughts? Chuck?
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