Google "carbon ball gap lightning." Dave On Jul 27, 2012 9:33 AM, "Mike Waters" <mikew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think carbon balls are suitable for lightning protection. Think of > the voltage drop that would appear across each ball during a direct hit. I > think they would vaporize. > > At http://www.rossengineeringcorp.com/hv_spark_gap.htm lightning is not > one > of the applications mentioned for their carbon balls. > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:35 AM, DAVID CUTHBERT <telegraph...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Note that Ross Engineering uses carbon balls on their spark gaps. > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK