One thing to bear in mind when choosing navigation instruments. If you get hit
by lightning, every electronic gadget you have on board will be fried even if
it is not plugged into anything. Thus you will want old fashion alternatives
including a sextant if you are offshore. One way to save a han
What about watches, Ben? I always used to keep a casio digital watch in my
sextant box. But it occurs to me that it might be toast, too, in the event
of a lightning strike.
Andy
C&C 40
Peregrine
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Ben wrote:
> One thing to bear in mind when choosing navigation in
It was also courtesy of me, yesterday.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 17 January 2014 06:38, Ben wrote:
> One thing to bear in mind when choosing navigation instruments. If you get
> hit by lightning, every electronic gadget you have on board will be fried
> even if it
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It was also courtesy of me, yesterday.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 17 January 2014 06:38, Ben wrote:
One thing to bea
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Jim Watts
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 10:28 AM
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I think connecting the "cage" to ground would nullify the protection.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 17 January 2014 07:25, dwight
mailto:dwight...@gmail.
And that is why so many cruisers recommend putting a spare VHF/GPS or
whatever in the oven.
Gary
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One thing to bear in mind when choosing navigation instr
nd putting a spare VHF/GPS or
> whatever in the oven.
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> Gary
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> One thing to bear in mind when choosing navigation
. :)
Andy
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Gary Nylander
wrote:
And that is why so many cruisers recommend putting a spare VHF/GPS or whatever
in the oven.
Gary
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This is an informative site about Faraday Cages:
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Faraday_cage.html
We had them at maintenance shops located at TV and radio transmitte
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From: Marek Dziedzic
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics GPS
I don’t want to get into a scientific discussion, but the main point about
lighting strikes and faraday cages is that the amount of energy in the lightin
I was once standing in a doorway less than 50 feet from a huge oak tree
that got struck as I watched. The power involved is unimaginable. The
idea that you can do anything at all to steer, or deter such a large
force is wishful thinking at best. No amount of #2 gauge ground wires is
going to me
storm hit. Felt nothing, but jumped
a foot or so when the bolt struck very close to us.
Jack Brennan
Former C&C 25
Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30
Tierra Verde, Fl.
From: Bill Bina
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 3:54 PM
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I was
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What about watches, Ben? I always used to keep a casio digital watch in my
sextant box. But it occurs to me that it might be toast, too, in the event of a
lightning str
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The oven-as-Faraday-cage urban legend has been around a long time. It *might*
work, but having been in the repair biz and having worked on a ton of lightning
damaged boats, I would NOT COUNT ON IT. The damage can be incredibly variable
and random. I had lightning blow my VHF antenna off and not
I still put a laptop, portable VHF and GPS in the oven when lightning is
nearby, but have never been hit. I sleep with my head two feet away
from the mast, so if I actually get hit with lightning I probably won't
ever know if the oven trick worked.
Joe wrote:
The oven-as-Faraday-cage urban
Joe,
What do you think/know about bonding strips. Do we need them?
Josh
On Jan 17, 2014 10:31 AM, "Della Barba, Joe"
wrote:
> The oven-as-Faraday-cage urban legend has been around a long time. It *
> *might** work, but having been in the repair biz and having worked on a
> ton of lightning dam
Head in oven?
Rich
> On Jan 19, 2014, at 1:21, Wally Bryant wrote:
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> I still put a laptop, portable VHF and GPS in the oven when lightning is
> nearby, but have never been hit. I sleep with my head two feet away from the
> mast, so if I actually get hit with lightning I probably won't ever
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