Aluminum Body and Lightening

JaxDad wrote:

What does the truck being made of aluminum have to do with it being struck by lightning? It’s no more or or less conductive than any other metal used in automotive body construction.

The heat of the lightning strike starts the interior on fire instantly and it doesn’t matter what metal it’s behind, it all conducts heat the same.

Pictures from the recent California wild fires showed a lot of burned out steel body pickups and cars. None that I can remember showed any with a totally burned off roof or engine hood like in this one. Just sayin.

Rover_Bill wrote:
Aluminum wiring was band many years ago because it can cause house fires when arching. This is what happened when lightening hit an aluminum body Ford pickup. :E

Clicky

What does the truck being made of aluminum have to do with it being struck by lightning? It’s no more or or less conductive than any other metal used in automotive body construction.

The heat of the lightning strike starts the interior on fire instantly and it doesn’t matter what metal it’s behind, it all conducts heat the same.

Lightning hits aircraft all the time with little to no damage. IMO, the damage seen in the video was caused by the resulting fire, not the lightning strike. The driver was just unlucky in that the lightning caused a fire, but lucky that he got out safely.

Chum lee

Yowzers!

So it is a shocker lighting can cause a fire? Must be a conspiracy about the forest fires started by lighting strikes.

The aluminum wire in is a hazard when used with incompatible fixtures or paired incorrectly with copper wiring.

Clicky took me to Weather.com weather forecast.

Aluminum wire is still in use. I can promise you the main feed to your meter is aluminum.

Our Airstream was struck one night while I was in it. No particular damage, though there was a nice spot on the rear top that looked like somebody had touched it with a welder. The neighbor's trailer didn't fare so well. All electric-involved components fried.

:(
Lynn