I ran into a couple that would store their whole ditch bag in the oven. VHF radio, gps...the whole works. Said it was a great out of the way place to store stuff and they could get it in a hurry.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk On Jan 17, 2014 1:38 PM, "Don Newman" <donrnew...@gmail.com> wrote: > This should significantly improve the odds of survival of electronics > stored in the oven. > But it isn't impossible that a GPS sitting loose on the chart table would > survive while one on the oven is fried by rf generated from current induced > in the body of the oven. > > We experienced every combination you could imagine in computers over the > years. > > One good war story was the computer on the second story of a building near > the Welland canal the crashed occasionally from radar of a passing ship. > Took a long time to spot that one. > > > Don Newman > C&C 44 > > On Jan 16, 2014, at 19:58, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The concept, IIRC, is that the metal oven acts as a Faraday cage when it's > closed and there is no entry point for a sideflash. I'm sure someone will > correct me here. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > > On 16 January 2014 16:42, Jimmy Kelly <kellyjimmy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> have not heard of oven storage before..would like to hear more...i was >> hit by lightning a number years a go ...only electrics not totally fried >> was spare b&g rdf...was not trailing ground from shrouds as was & is >> still a habit thanks. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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