Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

smudger wrote:
Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

I'd imagine it to have a cork handle?
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
smudger wrote:
Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

I'd imagine it to have a cork handle?

About as much use as a chocolate teapot in a lightning strike.

MBQ

wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
smudger wrote:
Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

I'd imagine it to have a cork handle?

About as much use as a chocolate teapot in a lightning strike.

MBQ

But in the law of average its a million to one chance of lightning striking
anyone holding a fishing rod. :-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

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smudger wrote:
Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

At very high voltages I don't think it would make much difference
whether it were carbon fibre, GRP or split cane - you'd still get
zapped. Whether it kills you or not is down to the particular
circumstances and individual physiology.

"smudger" wrote in message
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Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??


Most of mine have warning decals on to that effect .

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gentlegreen wrote:

Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??


Most of mine have warning decals on to that effect .

Yes, people are occasionally electrocuted by hitting power lines with
CF roach poles.

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:12:45 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

| smudger wrote:
| Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
| touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

But they forbid fishing under electricity wires, so it should not happen.
Were I a fisherman that is a rule I would *obey* religiously, Any rod may
well be wet, which could conduct enough to kill you if you were unlucky.


--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk
The London suicide bombers killed innocent commuters.
Animal rights terrorists and activists kill innocent patients.

"Aidan" wrote in message
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gentlegreen wrote:

Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??


Most of mine have warning decals on to that effect .

Yes, people are occasionally electrocuted by hitting power lines with
CF roach poles.


I was amazed, upon returning to fishing, to read of 15 metre poles - I
assumed it was a misprint !

(though quite how one would behave if assembled and waved about vertically
is anyone's guess ! )

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gentlegreen wrote:
"Aidan" wrote in message
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gentlegreen wrote:

Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??


Most of mine have warning decals on to that effect .

Yes, people are occasionally electrocuted by hitting power lines with
CF roach poles.


I was amazed, upon returning to fishing, to read of 15 metre poles - I
assumed it was a misprint !


You can blame the french for that. :-)

(though quite how one would behave if assembled and waved about
vertically is anyone's guess ! )

.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

you can blame the French for lot's of thing's!!

In article . com,
says...
you can blame the French for lot's of thing's!!


But not for your horrible abuse of the apostrophe.

Dear me, is this site for DIY or for smart arsedness

Sean

"Aidan" wrote in news:1129822116.775630.144750
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:


Yes, people are occasionally electrocuted by hitting power lines with
CF roach poles.

Once would have been enough for me

mike

In message , The3rd
Earl Of Derby writes
wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
smudger wrote:
Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

I'd imagine it to have a cork handle?

About as much use as a chocolate teapot in a lightning strike.

MBQ

But in the law of average its a million to one chance of lightning striking
anyone holding a fishing rod. :-)

Maybe the OP should try it and report back .... or not

--
geoff

In message . com,
smudger writes
you can blame the French for lot's of thing's!!

But not wrongly placed apostrophes

--
geoff

Sean Mc wrote:

Rob Morley Wrote:
In article ,
says...
you can blame the French for lot's of thing's!!


But not for your horrible abuse of the apostrophe.

Dear me, is this site for DIY or for smart arsedness

Why must there be a distinction made?

"smudger" wrote in message
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Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??


A young lad was killed a few years back here when his CF Pole hit the
overhead power cables.
Baz

In article ,
says...

Rob Morley Wrote:
In article ,
says...
you can blame the French for lot's of thing's!!


But not for your horrible abuse of the apostrophe.

Dear me, is this site for DIY or for smart arsedness

It's not a site, it's a Usenet group. And yes.

smudger wrote:

Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or
touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??

Yes.

Its conductive enough at those sorts of high voltages.