I have been working with this AS3935 franklin lightning sensor for about
6 months now and learned so much more about lighting and its projected
energies and possible frequencies its amazing how this little sensor can
detect distance and the amount of energy BEFORE it strikes.
So,armed with this ability I am solely working on a design along with IR
sensing to help mitigate damage to a site during a storm.
I am still working on the timing to be able to shut down power to the
gear outside for a time period at which if lightning is still present
remain off till storm passes.
End of Run sites are the worst but knock on wood after a year or 2 of
planning and cleaning up the existing grounds everything seems well.
On 5/22/19 9:23 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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?
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