I don't think carbon balls are suitable for lightning protection. Think of the voltage drop that would appear across each ball during a direct hit. I think they would vaporize.
At http://www.rossengineeringcorp.com/hv_spark_gap.htm lightning is not one of the applications mentioned for their carbon balls. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:35 AM, DAVID CUTHBERT <[email protected]>wrote: > Note that Ross Engineering uses carbon balls on their spark gaps. > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
