- 1. [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: "Merlin-7 KI4ILB" <merlin-7@sc.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:03:32 +0100
- One item I have thought about....what happens when a copper pipe, filled with water gets hit by lightning? Joe _______________________________________________ ________________________________________
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- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt@arrl.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:07:21 -0000
- Depends, if you are taking a shower at the time you might have a shocking experience! David Robbins K1TTT e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net web: http://www.k1ttt.net AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet:
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- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: "Merlin-7 KI4ILB" <merlin-7@sc.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:15:02 +0100
- I know that back when I repaired boats there was a problem with people grounding there rigging to a sea-cock somewhere and if lightning hit the rigging it would superheat the water inside it and expl
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- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: K4SAV <RadioIR@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:36:08 -0500
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- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: "Dan Zimmerman" <n3ox@n3ox.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:11:57 -0400
- There was a mythbusters episode about this... they mocked up a shower in a lightning test lab where they could do huge (though not quite lightning-energy) arcs. If I recall, it "killed" their dummy p
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- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: "K6XN" <k6xn@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:15:12 -0700
- Steam. with water gets hit by lightning? producing pin hole leaks in copper water pipes. Does anyone have any good data on this? Maybe the problem ocurrs ar the soldered connections? ________________
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- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: Red <RedHaines@centurytel.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:39:16 -0500
- Lightning may have been incidental to the pinhole leaks. The water in some communities slowly corrodes copper pipes and causes pinhole leaks. I believe it is a result of acidic water, but I don't rem
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-07/msg00408.html (8,584 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: randy@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:15:08 -0500
- (Red: most of the time, my posts don't show up on the list, reasons unknown, please forward this to the list for me if it doesn't. Thanks) I locate water leaks for a living, all day, 5 days a week...
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- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] copper pipe for ground (score: 1)
- Author: Red <RedHaines@centurytel.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:12:11 -0500
- Hi, Randy; I'm forwarding your text to TT for you, with this response. My response is, "Thank you for the information." If I understood you correctly, most leaks are not caused by lightning, but some
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-07/msg00429.html (13,308 bytes)
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