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Default Lightning Strike, Breakers Tripped

On Sunday, September 7, 2014 1:34:18 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 07 Sep 2014 13:02:17 -0400, wrote:



The best electrode these days is the steel in the foundation of your


house, if it is available.




If I'm correct this is what I have. My foundation is cable-tensioned.

I see steel buried in the foundation - between the framing (vertical),

at the access panel for phone, cable, etc. Coming from the foundation.



I see no ground rods anchored in the ground.


Sounds like a Ufer ground, which is what is used around here. They run the
ground wire into steel encased in the basement floor/foundation.