Hi Mark and All,
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Last week I wrote and mentioned I have problems with
> both my vehicles after
> a large lightning storm.
>
> I know it's not Pure EV talk and probably applies to
> any vehicle, or no
> vehicle, but here goes.
>
> My wife's prius needs to have parts of it's computer
> replaced and the emeter
> just needed a fuse thankfully. Now this may have
> just be a huge coincidence
> that everything worked before an electrical storm
> and both my EV and HEV had
> electrical problems after it.
The problem with the Prius would most likely
happen to any modern regular car as well.
The E-meters have tiny fuses that blow easily.
It might be that a bolt got into your garage and
probably under your cars in order to do that. Look
around for little burn marks in the roof, floor,
standpipe, ect.
I live in Fla where lightning is the worse in the
US. These problems very rarely happen here so you just
got very unlucky. I can only think of a couple in my
life.
>
> What i'm wondering is besides not having my EV
> plugged in is there anything
> else that I can do to protect my EV and HEV from
> lightning? Or is this just
> a coincidence after all and I have nothing to worry
> about?
If there's a lot of lightning in your area put a
lightning protector in your charger, a tall or 2
lightning rods away from, but covering the house.
While these help a lot the 1 thing I've learned
about lightning is it goes where ever it wants!!!
In a metal car is one of the safer places though.
But remember that about 9 out of 10 people hit by
lightning live, including myself. Oh, that explains a
lot, they said, ;-).
>
> Of course the sad part is with the EVs and HEVs
> under the microscope my wife
> casually mentioned what happened to one person at
> work and most people at
> her work are now scared to ever drive an EV or HEV.
Explain the above to her.
They are in a lot more danger in most buildings
than in an EV in a lightning storm. And she should be
glad she doesn't live in the Tampa Bay area.
We have lightning storms about 140 days a year.
Good luck,
jerry dycus
>
> Mark Hastings
> '83 S-10 EV Blazer
> www.geocities.com/evblazer
>
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