Head in oven?
Rich
> On Jan 19, 2014, at 1:21, Wally Bryant wrote:
>
> I still put a laptop, portable VHF and GPS in the oven when lightning is
> nearby, but have never been hit. I sleep with my head two feet away from the
> mast, so if I actually get hit with lightning I probably won't ever
Joe,
What do you think/know about bonding strips. Do we need them?
Josh
On Jan 17, 2014 10:31 AM, "Della Barba, Joe"
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 dam
I still put a laptop, portable VHF and GPS in the oven when lightning is
nearby, but have never been hit. I sleep with my head two feet away
from the mast, so if I actually get hit with lightning I probably won't
ever know if the oven trick worked.
Joe wrote:
The oven-as-Faraday-cage urban
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
