[Novalug] whole-house surge protectors

[Ed James]

Or, if your local zoning/HOA/wotever allows it, put up
a tall flagpole.  In the Olde Days, these were called
lightning rods.  Actually, I'm not really sure how much
damage an EMP from a nearby hits does either.  I've
seen 2 hits within about 30 feet of me over the years
that some rather large trees took, that did some impressive
damage to the trees.  One tree a few blocks away pretty
much exploded, broke, fell over, hit a row of townhouses,
smashed the electrical service, caused a chain-reaction
of ground failures (grounding systems didn't work), and
\caused several appliances to "flame-on".  The building
caught fire and six families had to move until the
damage was repaired.  Poor little transistors don't stand
much of a chance against that kind of power.

Ed James

On 3/7/12, steve zamory <zemo at safe-mail.net> wrote:
> ... If you, like some I know, get a direct bolt
> every few years, you may opt for a whole house device....