alt.energy.renewable

"Eeyore" wrote in message
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> Himpg wrote:
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>> The trees will tend to be "lightning rods" and possibly reduce risk of
>> direct power line strike. However, there would still be V/I transients
>> induced on the powerlines when a strike occurs to an adjacent tree. So
>> strike protection is still required to protect your system hardware.
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> If lightning strikes one of those trees, the lightning will almost
> certainly jump
> to the wire that's being strung from it, as it'll be 'earthy'.

Eeyore,
I get the feeling these people haven't got much experience with
lightning.....
Owl
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> Graham
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