Re: RE: catalina27-talk: Lightning

[Ralph E. Ahseln]

See the following:   http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lhm/explosives.html   Particularly the sentence in the Abstract, " Franklin’s 1752 lightning protection invention consisted of a rod in the air, one in the ground and a connecting conductor. This "conventional wisdom" today is helpful for fire protection in cases of direct flashes to ordinary structures. For more complex facilities, where electrical systems/electronics or explosives or volatile substances are present, the 248 year old design is questionable "   I might add.  Item..  4.2    says a lot..  Why would anyone want to conduct the stuff INSIDE your boat..   Our boats are rotten Faraday cages..   David,  I suspect the book you've read is by the (IMHO) the infamous Dr Ewan Thompson supposedly from the U. of Florida.. I would take what he has to say with a VERY big grain of salt.     UW, Ralph Ahseln Oblio Gresham OR