"Chris Lewis" wrote in message ...
According to TURTLE :

Yes, Ground the antenna to the ground system of the electric and to a
ground rod , but not to the water pipes in the home. This is just
putting the water system in the path of the strick. If doing so puts
every water outlet a point of the electric strick. You have enough with
the electrical system and i would not add the bathrooms towlet, kitchen
sinks, and every water outlet. This maybe over kill here but just a
added measure.

I think you're missing the fact that the electrical code, in addition to requiring
that the lightning arrester system is connected to the system ground, also requires
that metallic plumbing must be connected to the system ground.

You don't have a choice.

If you _have_ to be in the tub when lightning strikes, your survival rate is likely
to be much higher if the plumbing is grounded. Otherwise, you're part of a large
floating antenna (large arrays of heavy copper (which is what a plumbing system
_is_) is quite attractive to lightning).
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Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.

This is Turtle.

If you read what he said and that he was going into the house and tie the antena to the plumbing system and not to the electrical
system ground. he will be depending on the lightening strick to travel through the plumbing and then on to the meter pan ground or
electrical grounding system. You do not direct the lightening strick to travel through the plumbing first and then to the electrical
grounding system. this is why i ask him does he feel luck go for it.

TURTLE



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