alt.energy.renewable

"sno" wrote in message news: @ ...
> I have always wondered how much grounded conduit would protect
> against lightening strike....Wouldn't the skin effect tend to
> protect the cable....??

There is some (but not sufficient) truth to that. In fact, for just that
reason we avoid running dedicated ground lines in metallic conduits...it reduces
their conductivity to high rise-time currents. The effect is likely not
sufficient to protect your equipment, but it exists.

Vaughn