bud-- wrote:


The way it is done is all wires - power, cable, phone, antenna, dish -
enter at about same location. Entry protectors for the signal wires
connect with a short wire to the power earthing system.
Well, if you do this, you probably end up destroying everything in
the house, including the wall outlets and Romex in the walls. I have
heard of people having this happen, where all the Romex was just
empty plastic tubes with burn holes every couple inches where the
copper vapor escaped. All the wall outlets were blown out of the
wall boxes and reduces to fragments. Having to run new Romex inside
all the interior walls runs something like $50K now.

My idea, which doesn't meet code, is to try to draw the main currents
AWAY from the rest of the house and possibly preserve some of the
appliances. Whatever is connected to the antenna will be complete
toast either way, but isolation may help some of the appliances
survive.

Jon