Bob Wanderer wrote:
>
> Yes.
> Most of the energy in a lightning strike is at dc and that's what causes the
> bulk of the damage. By dc blocking (which was a patent held by the PolyPhaser
WRONG! unless you consider a rise time from zero to maybe tens of
thousand of
amps in a couple microseconds DC.
DC blocking would only help in blocking a slow build up of static such
as
occurs before a lightning stroke or under a cloud that is charged but
not
enough to initiate a stroke. these voltages can reach high enough to
damage
equipment and would be removed by a DC block, but not a lightning
stroke.
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