alt.energy.renewable

"Eeyore" wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
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>> "Eeyore" wrote
>> > RadicalModerate wrote:
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>> >> And as for "ground wire" I don't know what they do in Blighty for
>> >> above-ground electric utility cables but here in the . there is a
>> >> bare wire above all the others which is used to take the brunt of any
>> >> lightning strike.
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>> > A 'wire' will NEVER take the brunt of a lightning strike. It might take
>> > the 'edge' off it but no more. The kilo-amps of current and the fast
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>> > times means it doesn't behave like ordinary line frequency AC.
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>> > Graham
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>> I've seen Fulgurites (sp?) after storms. A wire would vaporize....
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> Exactly. I mean, a lightning strike can cause a tree to explode (it
> instananeously turns some of the sap to steam) !

I think the OP should concentrate on spending his money on something
on-site, not 1000' away up a mtn. What's he going to do if the thing goes
south in bad weather? Play Sir Edmund Hillary?

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> Graham
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