Sorry, but when the instructor tells you its a good idea to pigtail a power cord to reduce the chances of the receiver being toasted by a lightning strike, I write them off as idiots. Lightning power surge ain't going through a pigtail, it's just gonna blow out the damn wire like a big rig doing 80 through a switchback turn.
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