On the news we keep seeing houses hit by lightening....If one gets a rod to put on the house does this help prevent lightening from striking your home, is it only attracted to the rod, or will it just plain attract more lightening??? *********************************************** 07-26-05, 12:44 PM Georgia85 A lightning rod is not going to prevent lightning from striking your home. It's going to strike wherever it strikes. What a lightning rod will do is conduct the electrical charge to the ground via the cable connection to the lightning rod.
You can read up on Lightning-Rod Systems at cdc.gov
07-26-05, 01:43 PM dangergurly9 When my mom was a kid she lived on a cow farm...maybe you can see where this may be going already lol.They had feeder cattle so they were inside a barn.I dont know the name of the device but it was 2 metal bars that the cows head was between when being milked and I believe some of the cows were there all the time so the meat did not get tough.Anyways she said she remembers a few times that lightening hit the barn and all of the cows that were in there were electacuted.Not sure if it was not hooked up right or maybe just the style of the head gates or maybe.sorry mom...but because it was so long ago they didnt know any other way to do it. Eek
07-26-05, 03:26 PM kittypal Thanks guys...I see I spelled it wrong Roll Eyes...but you got it anyway!!! Big Grin I wasn't really thinking of getting one, but was curious about them.
Instant roast beef??? Razz
07-26-05, 04:31 PM Georgia85 I wondered if you would catch that Kitty Wink I figured you'd pick up on it rather than me pointing it out to ya Big Grin
07-26-05, 05:06 PM DorianGreyed You think YOU feel bad, Kitty? Imagine the AP Member Lighteningrodd when (and if) he discovers that he spelled his own screen name wrong.
07-26-05, 06:21 PM Professor
quote: Originally posted by Georgia85: It's going to strike wherever it strikes.
But not purely randomly. Lightning is more likely to strike a lightning rod because the rod provides an "easy" (low-impedance) path to ground.
quote: What a lightning rod will do is conduct the electrical charge to the ground via the cable connection to the lightning rod.
Yes, so those strikes are generally safe; but there's still some risk of fire or other catastrophe. A case can be made for not mounting lightning rods routinely on houses so as not to attract more lightning.
Me, I'm neutral. Big Grin
07-26-05, 09:34 PM DorianGreyed "Me, I'm neutral.Big Grin" - Professor
And people complain about my bad puns. 07-26-05, 10:11 PM
Professor Good to hear from you, DG!
07-27-05, 12:57 AM DorianGreyed Thanks. I'm glad to be around to be heard.
07-27-05, 07:30 AM frankvan
quote: Originally posted by DorianGreyed: Thanks. I'm glad to be around to be heard.
I know that feeling all too well. It's great to wake up and realize you're still here. Having had two triple bi-pass surgeries and two subsequent stents, I can empathize, rookie! Wink
07-28-05, 12:45 AM gizmogram Dorian, I'm also glad you're around to be heard Smile (and Frankvan too)
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