Re: [TCML] Building Protection

[ED <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice analogy.  Another way of putting it is 'what do you expect when you 
bring a lightning storm into the house?'  Best answer to the original 
question is the traditional
'if in doubt don't do it'.

Ed

nickobert testein wrote:

> if you had written about target practice in a glass shop perhaps the
> thought would be to suggest another activity or another venue. i don't
> mean to be snide, it just seems any circuit you built would still be
> subject to the same intense atmospheric interactions as your
> appliances. any circuit is going to have conductors and free charges
> just like conductors.
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Tuomas Koivurova <tkoivuro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > Most important thing is to have good low impedance path for spark current.
> > Solid RF ground and grounded strike target. Also mains side of the pig
> > should have some noise filtering..
> > On Jul 12, 2012 8:38 AM, "Matt Siri" <mattisonsiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > What does anyone else do to protect building circuits and appliances when
> > > running a pig powered TC? (and don't say unplug the appliances)
> > >
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