Been struck by lightning?
If you've had damage from lightning, please share your experience.
Forum Discussion
sleepy wrote:tony lee wrote:except the rubber tires which don't conduct electricity... no ground.. . no worry maybe.
If lightning can jump several miles through air, a little bit of rubber isn't going to worry it too much.
Lighting will always seek the best ground and the easiest circuit... won't it?
My suspicion is that the 'easiest circuit' might be through your camper. I.e. jumping through the aluminum frames and down the cables, tiedowns, etc, then arcing the remaining foot to the ground might be a more attractive route than taking the 12ft through the less conductive air next to the camper.
When at risk of being struck in the desert I attached a heavy duty jumper cable to the aluminum roof rails to act as a lightning rod so any strike would be earthed through that to ground hopefully avoiding frying the camper and vehicle systems as it searched for the best route.
Steve.
