Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hao!husc6!necntc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!nsc!ken From: ken@nsc.nsc.com (Ken Trant) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Lightning Rod Problem Message-ID: <4483@nsc.nsc.com> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 11:56:09 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.4483 Posted: Mon Jul 13 11:56:09 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jul-87 06:33:09 EDT References: <915@minnow.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 18 in article <915@minnow.UUCP>, lee@minnow.UUCP (Gene Lee ) says: > Posted: Fri Jul 10 08:50:29 1987 >>I should have worded it to mean that the lightning rod preferentially >>takes the damage in the event a bolt hits because the conduction path >>is easier via the rod than the structure itself. > across the cable. The power disapated would heat the cable red hot; not > exactly something you want attached to your wooden structure. > Gene Lee UUCP: ...ihnp4!{meccts,dayton,rosevax}!ems!minnow!lee Just as an aside, when I worked for 'Western Electric' we used #8 awg cable as the 'single point ground' for the #4ESS machine. This was a 6' to 8' (approx) fusable link in case of a lighting strike, in such a case this #8 cable would melt like the fuse in your car. Ken Trant {JOAT} Ollie North for President in '88'