This applies I think.

It all makes interesting reading. I’m afraid of lightning and have sailed through my share of storms.

Mark Tamblyn

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph E. Ahseln
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See the following: http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lhm/explosives.html

Particularly the sentence in the Abstract,

" Franklin’s 1752 lightning protection invention consisted of a rod in the air, one in the ground and a connecting conductor. This "conventional wisdom" today is helpful for fire protection in cases of direct flashes to ordinary structures. For more complex facilities, where electrical systems/electronics or explosives or volatile substances are present, the 248 year old design is questionable
"

I might add. Item.. 4.2 says a lot.. Why would anyone want to conduct the stuff INSIDE your boat..

Our boats are rotten Faraday cages..

David, I suspect the book you've read is by the (IMHO) the infamous Dr Ewan Thompson supposedly from the U. of Florida..

I would take what he has to say with a VERY big grain of salt.

UW,

Ralph Ahseln

Oblio

Gresham OR

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