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Re: How do yiou know your ground is any good? OT


 

Hi, Brad

There is a classic picture in lightning protection literature - a small building engulfed in flames after a lightning strike, with an arrow pointing to the ground wire from a corner of the metal roof.

Of course, the lightning protection people would like to sell you 3 3-foot copper clad posts, 3 8-foot copper clad ground rods, and maybe 100 to 150 feet of 0 gauge copper wire to connect things with, plus installation costs.

73

Jim W4JED

On 11/11/22 11:40, Brad Thompson wrote:
Hello--


Here in rural NH, many houses feature what's called "standing-seam steel"? roofs
because they're better at shedding ice and snow buildup than shingles
or (Heaven forefend) slate roofs.

When we reroofed our house with steel, I asked the roofer whether the roof should be grounded.
The roofer didn't know and never heard of such a thing.

Comments are welcome.

73--

Brad? AA1IP



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