[time-nuts] Thoughts on lightning protection measures....

[Lee Mushel]

Chuck,

You and Atilla must be right!   when the basement for my home was dug I 
pounded in four standard eight foot plated ground rods horizontally just a 
few inches above the concrete footing which means they're down nearly six 
feet.   I happen to respect a lot of the ideas of my maternal grandfather so 
I also have what might be called a "classic" lightning rod system with 
appropriate ground rods.   While I do not claim to have some of the 
suggested elements of a "ground field" I do have more than 20 additional 
grounding points that accompany my ham radio antennas.  And I learned about 
the wisdom of having "home perimeter grounding" too late to install that but 
all wiring in the house is metallic: EMT, greenfield or BX.   So I think I 
have some elements of that as well.  Anyway, while my neighbors, also living 
on the hill, have lost numerous TV sets, etc. I have never had a single loss 
to what I could plainly see was lightning.   Even though a tree less than 30 
feet from the house took a direct strike which killed the tree!  Whenever 
the power company appears for whatever reason they always check my "ground." 
They haven't complained yet!

No, I'm no fool, when a storm is predicted or I hear the first faint thunder 
rumble all antennas and "sensitive stuff" power is disconnected.  I've seen 
pieces of homes disappear when Old Mother Nature uses that particularly 
destructive tool of hers!

Lee Mushel   K9WRU
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From: "Chuck Harris" <cfharris at erols.com>
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