Hello Larry, A number of Wrenches have also contacted me off-list asking me to keep them informed.
Clearly interest on this topic is high. To that point, I'll gladly post findings and updates here when information becomes available. In reference to "his grounds didn't work" .. perhaps I ought to have included the words ".... as intended." In another life, I owned a business where we designed and installed photovoltaic-based mountain-top repeater systems for public service and others. Lightning mitigation is of great interest to me as well. Dan -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 6/16/14, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Lightning Damage - Need Replacements (Correction) To: "RE-wrenches" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 16, 2014, 9:44 AM Hi Dan, You mentioned that “his grounds didn't work”. Actually, they worked, just in an undesirable way. One thing to look at is how or whether the house ground system was bonded to the tower ground. If they were not properly bonded, and with poor soil condition, the potential difference between the two grounds could create very high voltages. The voltage path would be the turbine wiring to find the house ground, traveling through any AC connected items to do so. I would like to hear more about this as it’s a personal subject of study for me. Larry Crutcher _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
