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Re: grounding

Grounding may or may not work for lightning.  I witnessed first hand where lightning struck the ground(middle of the yard and it made a small 6" divot about a 8-10" deep) in a FL home came up the sprinkler system thru adjacent ground wires to the cable ground fried splitters/traps and trashed the grnd block outside.  Also the homeowner assumed it back fed or split at some point into the house and fried his tv.  The ground at the ped saved his neighbor or the fried filter closed the circuit(which wouldnt make sense because it is a metal jacket).  After conversations with local techs who witness more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the country claim there is no rhyme or reason to how much or where the juice will flow.  One engineer said we just deal with it.  In Oklahoma a friend that worked power lines saw lightning hit the line and jump several sticks and those grounds before it finally decided it liked the pole he just jumped off of and ran straight down it.   
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Posted in reply to: Re: grounding by JD42596
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