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On Aug 20, 7:57 pm, Vic Smith wrote:


This is the best thing I've seen on lightning, and think it pretty
well hits the mark on what you can do on a boat.
It's geared toward sailboats, but the principles are there.
For electronics gear, I would do the same as I do at home with my
computer and other electronic gear if I anticipate lightning:
unplug it. An insulated non-conducting case might be appropriate
for a radio when at sea.http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/SG/SG07100.pdf

--Vic

That is a good article.

Thanks


It is a good article in terms of what happens when you get hit and how to
design for a hit.

The other school of thought is a design to minimize your chances of getting
hit in the first place.

Both approaches are not fool proof, as the effects of a hit are not 100%
predictable, nor is a system designed to minimize the chances of a hit 100%
effective.

Personally, having many years of experience in designing vacuum processing
equipment that contain controlled plasma discharges, (basically the same as
lightning, except it is a sustained and controlled electrical discharge
through ionized gas), I am more of a believer in the concept of minimizing
the conditions that would lead to a strike in the first place. Ironically,
the approach is almost the opposite of trying to design a system to capture
the energy of a strike and safely transfer it to ground.

Eisboch