alt.energy.renewable

Jim wrote:

> "Eeyore" wrote
> > Himpg wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > 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

Sounds like it. However I know about most of this simply from reading it up (and
having a good working knowledge of things electrical of course). The information
is out there.

What they've been discussing clearly isn't a lightning *strike* as such.

Graham