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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A foot square solid silver column could survive a minor strike but not a major one electrically speaking.
With metal towers and building skeletons electron flow passes invisible on the outside of metal as well as inside. Technically an ionized feeder lasting milliseconds creates a path for the main jolt that passes from earth to clouds.
It was ionized feelers that caused the RV rig noted above to fail the electrical in the vehicle. Does not have to actually contact electrical circuitry. A feeler can pass close to any circuit that can induct through magnetic flux. Through induction an engine coil could potential two hundred thousand volts for a few microseconds. Might leave slight visible signs of passage but anything electronic would suffer.
In a concrete structure that has rebar tied to earth the chances of stray feelers exiting the concrete are slight.
Lightning strikes that pass through passenger aircraft go mostly unappreciated by passengers.
With metal towers and building skeletons electron flow passes invisible on the outside of metal as well as inside. Technically an ionized feeder lasting milliseconds creates a path for the main jolt that passes from earth to clouds.
It was ionized feelers that caused the RV rig noted above to fail the electrical in the vehicle. Does not have to actually contact electrical circuitry. A feeler can pass close to any circuit that can induct through magnetic flux. Through induction an engine coil could potential two hundred thousand volts for a few microseconds. Might leave slight visible signs of passage but anything electronic would suffer.
In a concrete structure that has rebar tied to earth the chances of stray feelers exiting the concrete are slight.
Lightning strikes that pass through passenger aircraft go mostly unappreciated by passengers.
