Rob Brueckner wrote:
For listees interested,
Another website discussing lightning protection is Kasten Marine Design:
http://www.kastenmarine.com/Lightning.htm
Note the "shedding charge" discussion conflicts with recent post claims.
Cheers,
Rob Brueckner
REPLY
Professional Boatbuilder magazine has an article in the December/Jan 2004 issue
on Lightning written by Nigel Calder.
In it he says that in recent years raging controversy has erupted concerning
the nature of lightening strikes and the means to prevent or mitigate it.
Apparently the academic community are quite clear that dissipators don't work
as advertised.
He pointed out that in 2000 the NFPA ( National Fire Protection Association )
decided to withdraw its standard on the grounds that there was insufficient
science to support it. They were however pressured into restoring it by a
variety of authoritative bodies.
Which just goes to prove this is still as much an art as it is an exact
science.
Cheers
Arild
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Rob Brueckner wrote:
For listees interested,
Another website discussing lightning protection is Kasten Marine Design:
http://www.kastenmarine.com/Lightning.htm
Note the "shedding charge" discussion conflicts with recent post claims.
Cheers,
Rob Brueckner
REPLY
Professional Boatbuilder magazine has an article in the December/Jan 2004 issue
on Lightning written by Nigel Calder.
In it he says that in recent years raging controversy has erupted concerning
the nature of lightening strikes and the means to prevent or mitigate it.
Apparently the academic community are quite clear that dissipators don't work
as advertised.
He pointed out that in 2000 the NFPA ( National Fire Protection Association )
decided to withdraw its standard on the grounds that there was insufficient
science to support it. They were however pressured into restoring it by a
variety of authoritative bodies.
Which just goes to prove this is still as much an art as it is an exact
science.
Cheers
Arild
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