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Peter.N. · 22nd Oct 2017, 5:45 pm

I went to a customer who had a lightning strike, it hadn't done the TV a lot of good but the most fascinating thing was that the coax was welded to the radiator behind the set which should have protected it but it obviously wasn't quick enough.

We have an 11kv line going across the fields from our house, it only feeds us, we have a transformer on the pole in the garden. I have quite an array of ham radio antennas so always feel a bit nervous when we have a storm but as I was looking out of the window one day lightning struck the second pole down which is probably about 50' lower than us and a lot lower than the antennas. Strange stuff lightning!

Peter

22nd Oct 2017, 5:45 pm	#16
Peter.N. Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 3,601	Re: Lightning protection zones I went to a customer who had a lightning strike, it hadn't done the TV a lot of good but the most fascinating thing was that the coax was welded to the radiator behind the set which should have protected it but it obviously wasn't quick enough. We have an 11kv line going across the fields from our house, it only feeds us, we have a transformer on the pole in the garden. I have quite an array of ham radio antennas so always feel a bit nervous when we have a storm but as I was looking out of the window one day lightning struck the second pole down which is probably about 50' lower than us and a lot lower than the antennas. Strange stuff lightning! Peter