Joe, What do you think/know about bonding strips. Do we need them?
Josh On Jan 17, 2014 10:31 AM, "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> wrote: > The oven-as-Faraday-cage urban legend has been around a long time. It * > *might** work, but having been in the repair biz and having worked on a > ton of lightning damaged boats, I would NOT COUNT ON IT. The damage can be > incredibly variable and random. I had lightning blow my VHF antenna off and > not damage the radio and I have seen boats sunk by lightning. In theory a > closed metal box will conduct all charges around the outer skin and nothing > inside will be damaged. It does not need to be grounded. Airplanes are like > this – I have been hit while flying and it did no permanent damage. All the > power went offline, but we got it back on with the time honored tradition > of resetting the switches a couple of times ;) > > > > Do make sure a heavy cable connects the base of the mast to a keelbolt. > That helps as much as anything. > > > > *Joe Della Barba* > > *Coquina C&C 35 MK I* > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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