I think DC if you could do it. I was going to build a motor generator for a lightning prone site once. Big AC motor outside. Very will grounded. Then a mechanical dielectric shaft coupling to the DC generator inside the building. Float the DC plant if possible.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So then you would hold that dropping yo generator or running full time DC > would be best? > >> On Dec 27, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have always maintained that the majority of lightning damage comes in the >> power line. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Dec 27, 2020, at 6:46 AM, Matt Hoppes >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> So I was thinking. And I don’t know if this is a pointless idea or not. >>> >>> Lightning strikes happen because of potential differences. Besides the >>> instances where equipment is blown up (direct strike) usually what I see is >>> indirect strike where the Ethernet port of the radios just dries but there >>> is no physical damage visible. >>> >>> Obviously the radio into the tower became a better path than the shielding >>> of the cable into the ground system. >>> >>> Would there be any merit to running tower sites in generator and >>> disconnecting them from the grid during severe storms? >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
