This is from the executive director of the lightning protection institute.
-----Original Message----- From: Bud VanSickle
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 7:41 AM To: 'Chuck McCown' Subject: RE: [AFMUG] Active Lightning Suppressor - Snake Oil, or Science? Snake oil for sure. You can't stop lightning strikes because of the volume of energy and short time period. If you put one of these devices on a fully grounded metallic tower, it would most likely take a strike to ground. Of course, if you ground your metallic tower properly, it is like a giant lightning rod, so you are out the money for this "topper". By the way, on tall towers, lightning doesn't necessarily strike the top anyway - it is almost never straight vertical and may be at a 45 degree angle to the side. But let me ask you this - if all the pine needles in a forest can release ions (which they can and do) or all the blades of grass on the prairie, why does lightning still strike there? Bud VanSickle -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 7:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fw: [AFMUG] Active Lightning Suppressor - Snake Oil, or Science? I think snake oil. You? -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
