Lightning and RV'ing
Today, lightning hit a little too close for comfort. It made a direct hit on an 80' tall pine tree 30' feet from my rig. I think it took out my Winegard Pathway X2 which was sitting on a stand near th...
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tegu69 wrote:Rocky71 wrote:
My RV got hit with lighting I had my jacks down and it went up
my jacks and burn out a lot of things.$3,000 things.
so I put rubber on my jacks so it don't do it again I hope.
But I keep them up. Parked in My yard. Good Luck
Chances are it will not do it again, but it won't be because of rubber on the jacks or putting them up. Lightning is not going to stop someplace in your camper. Its getting to a ground somewhere. I've seen it blow 4 tires out on a car one time.
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Correct - and (the rubber is a waste of time) - easily verifiable via any of the Lightning web sites.
A *steel* vehicle will protect occupants due to the Faraday cage, *not* because of rubber tires providing "insulation"...;)
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