Re: Lightning strikes monitor (fwd)

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Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:21:09 -0500
From: Scott Stephens <radon86@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Lightning strikes monitor (fwd)

Tesla list wrote:
> The copper (or aluminium) rod needs to be done in construction (I am not 
> going to climb up there afterwards).  Any comments?
IIRC, you're not suppose to use your building for a ground (cell sites,
anyways) since strike current can blow concrete off embedded conductor.

A special hole is dug for the grounding rod, and the earth around it is
salted with CuSO4 (IIRC) and measured with a mega-meter to insure its
conductive enough.

See the links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_arrestor

Scott