Going to look into an industrial isolation transformer for the beach house. Someone earlier had mentioned about one and that might be a way to go.
Thank you On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 10:43 AM, James Burrough via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to reinforce what Nizar said about the root cause of your > lightening strike. The damage to your location and the damage to your > neighbors along the same power source lines (Mains) indicates a possible > set of major flaws in either design of the power company's grounding system > or its maintenance. What you do from your end will like matter little if > their end remains problematical. > > > On Monday, January 16, 2017 7:59 AM, Nizar Mullani via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Gayle, > > Most of the lightening damage at remote locations like beach houses and > farms come from power lines getting hit by lighting. Most of these power > lines are above ground and susceptible to lighting strikes. Talk to the > electric company to see if there is anything they can do to help you. > > Nizar > > *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gayle Dotts > via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, January 16, 2017 7:53 AM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Gayle Dotts <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [BVARC] Lightning Strike > > I’ve got a beach house in Gulf Shores Alabama. Last week it had a direct > hit to the house by lightning, took out the refrigerator, 4 tv’s, phones, 4 > surveillance cameras and much more. Luckily It had no radio gear or > antennas there…which brings me to here… > My NOW attempt to layer my radio shack for protection against lightning. > Like unplug radio, power and cables, ground radio chassis. I’ve have heard > an antenna doesn’t get hit as such until you ground it at which time it > becomes a lightning rod and as such now attracts lightning, so don’t worry > about the tower as much as the lines coming in. Is this correct? Sorry > for being so chit-chatty guys but this is a real concern that got personal > with the lightning. I don’t have much protection at all except a copper > rod outside my window with the radio chassis grounded there. I guess I > need to add more protection. I have watched you guys at field day just > ground the line, I thought, coming off the antenna in to the radio area, > was there more I didn't see? > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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