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Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:26:25 -0700
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On 7/4/13 1:09 PM, les wrote:
Is it better to place lightning protecting at the base of the tower or
where it enters the house. All cables will be in a buried conduit.
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The electrical code, which is worried about structure and life protection, requires it at the entry point to the structure.

If you have a long run underground between tower and house, then there is some advantage in also having protection at the base of the tower, on the assumption that the coax on the tower would be destroyed, but the coax underground would be saved.

I'm not sure about that.



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