Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-ses!hpcc01!hpccc!lkraft From: lkraft@hpccc.HP.COM (Lyle Kraft) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Lightning protection Message-ID: <4990007@hpccc.HP.COM> Date: 27 Sep 89 23:23:57 GMT References: <11561@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Organization: HP Corporate Computing Center Lines: 14 On a related note, does anyone know what to do about ungrounded wood stoves? You know, the kind that sit exposed in a room on top of some kind of bricked-in area. I conducted an experiment during a recent thunderstorm and found that a nearby lightning strike would cause a pretty hefty arc to a ground wire held near it. Doesn't seem very safe for a fixture that features a few feet of stovepipe sticking above the roof. Specifically, are there any building codes regarding the grounding (or ungrounding) of woodstoves, fireplace inserts, etc.?