Am Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2009 schrieb Rob Fugina: > I need to get some 1-wire weather instruments mounted away from my > house, on a post about 75 ft away. This worries me because of how the > system basically becomes an antenna. Nearby lightning strikes would > wreak havok back at the bus master. > A lightning striking a pole only ~25m away would shift earth level very much and damage most of your computer equipment anyway. It makes no sense just to protect one input -- You'll have to protect all inputs, especially the mains.
Where exactly do you live? A single house or an urban area? Are thunderstorms
frequent? How dry is the soil at your area? These are important questions if
you ask how to protect your equipment from lightning.
Kind regards
Jan
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