Lightning protection?
Anyone have lightning protection on their rig? If so what do you use and where is it mounted? We are the only metal object for miles lol.
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Lightning is so powerfull I don't think you could protect from a direct hit on an RV. As stated you may be able to divert it or dilute it somehow, if that is the right term. Exposed as you are it might be worth a try.
Living on the coast in the SE I have had several close calls. Won't say I'm scared but really respect it, kind of like a rattlesnake.
I was in my garage using a dremel once and lightning hit a large pine about 30 feet from the open garage door. No active storm but I had heard thunder in the distance. Bolt came down the tree, hit a temp street light ( not hooked to A/C anymore ) attached to the tree and jumped from there. Fire actually shot out of the dremel I was holding. Killed the garage opener and my computer. If I had not had on rubber soles shoes I suspect it would have killed me too. A noise I can't describe, and it blew pine bark off the tree into the garage. Not injured other than a severe tingling all over and severe need for a rest and cold beer.
A class A in the park we were in last winter in the Keys was next to a tree that was hit, not a direct hit. Don't know the final outcome but all electrical was dead. They they brought in two huge wreckers to tow it out of it's space as nothing worked, unit engine etc. totally dead electrically. Took it to Miami I think. No injuries to people. Not sure if they were in it at the time or gone.
Good luck!
Living on the coast in the SE I have had several close calls. Won't say I'm scared but really respect it, kind of like a rattlesnake.
I was in my garage using a dremel once and lightning hit a large pine about 30 feet from the open garage door. No active storm but I had heard thunder in the distance. Bolt came down the tree, hit a temp street light ( not hooked to A/C anymore ) attached to the tree and jumped from there. Fire actually shot out of the dremel I was holding. Killed the garage opener and my computer. If I had not had on rubber soles shoes I suspect it would have killed me too. A noise I can't describe, and it blew pine bark off the tree into the garage. Not injured other than a severe tingling all over and severe need for a rest and cold beer.
A class A in the park we were in last winter in the Keys was next to a tree that was hit, not a direct hit. Don't know the final outcome but all electrical was dead. They they brought in two huge wreckers to tow it out of it's space as nothing worked, unit engine etc. totally dead electrically. Took it to Miami I think. No injuries to people. Not sure if they were in it at the time or gone.
Good luck!
