I've been seeing these little lightning rods at truck inspection
stops on the interstate. They look like metal daisies. Anyone have an
idea where to get them? I hear they work well. Take a look at:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=7t=9734hilit=
Scroll way down!
-RickG
I made one out of an old (shot) bearing that came with my tower (I got
it free for taking it down) and a few pieces of stranded heavier gauge
copper wire. The bearing was for a mast I don't use, so I was able to
mount it on the very top of my tower since it already had the mount
for it there.
That is a homemade static dissipater's. Basically the manufactured
designs look like a stainless steel or copper bottle brush. The concept
as it was explained to me some years ago at trade show is that each of
the tips dissipates static electric charges to the atmosphere. Works
like the
