[Cube] Re: help with protection of surges

[atoa]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:

>>> Here are my questions: storms come up in an instant or i live on a
>>> small lake at the base of a mountain.... anyone know about
>>> lightning rods attached to outside house... i am serious. This is
>>> the  second lightning
>> 
>> It won't make any difference, the source of the surge can be
>> generated miles away, and then the spike travels through the wires to
>> your house. I used to have a similar problem until the dug in the
>> cables.
>
> Would "dug in" cables be buried underground where they enter your house?
> I had the power wires  (also phone and cable) buried from the pole to my 
> house mostly for aesthetics.
> It would be neat to find out there was a practical benefit.

Not from surges. But falling trees, yes.


If you really want to get scared, look at http://www.tvtower.com/fpl.html
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