I would like to reinforce what Nizar said about the root cause of your
lightening strike. The damage to your location and the damage to your neighbors
along the same power source lines (Mains) indicates a possible set of major
flaws in either design of the power company's grounding system or its
maintenance. What you do from your end will like matter little if their end
remains problematical.
On Monday, January 16, 2017 7:59 AM, Nizar Mullani via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
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Gayle, Most of the lightening damage at remote locations like beach houses and
farms come from power lines getting hit by lighting. Most of these power lines
are above ground and susceptible to lighting strikes. Talk to the electric
company to see if there is anything they can do to help you. Nizar From:
BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gayle Dotts via BVARC
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 7:53 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Cc: Gayle Dotts <[email protected]>
Subject: [BVARC] Lightning Strike I’ve got a beach house in Gulf Shores
Alabama. Last week it had a direct hit to the house by lightning, took out the
refrigerator, 4 tv’s, phones, 4 surveillance cameras and much more. Luckily It
had no radio gear or antennas there…which brings me to here…My NOW attempt to
layer my radio shack for protection against lightning. Like unplug radio,
power and cables, ground radio chassis. I’ve have heard an antenna doesn’t
get hit as such until you ground it at which time it becomes a lightning rod
and as such now attracts lightning, so don’t worry about the tower as much as
the lines coming in. Is this correct? Sorry for being so chit-chatty guys but
this is a real concern that got personal with the lightning. I don’t have much
protection at all except a copper rod outside my window with the radio chassis
grounded there. I guess I need to add more protection. I have watched you
guys at field day just ground the line, I thought, coming off the antenna in to
the radio area, was there more I didn't see?
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