What? I dont understand what your saying about the verticle.. could you rephrase...
Actually thinking about it now. Lightning is negatively charged and flows from the ground to the positive source or cloud not the other way as most people think. Its going to take the shortest electrical path with the least resistance. The messenger is acting like a horizontal lightning rod, drawing the strike away from the house to the strand. Practically I think its mostly bull crap. Since the coax shield is grounded on both ends, its likely to flow from the messenger to the strand jump to the tap and then take the lowest resistance path to ground which could be the ground block at the house, especially if the strand doesnt have a good ground. Closest path means lowest resistance path not neccesarily distance. Its so unpredictable, I would think a better method would be a good copper ground rod buried to china rather than relying on an AC ground at the house. I would like to hear more theories though.
Re: Aerial drop bonding question
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