What about using a fiberglass pole instead? The wires to the instruments could still potentially attract lightning, but probably wouldn’t carry enough current to start a fire — might blow out the weather station electronics, but not burn down the house. Max-gain Systems <https://mgs4u.com/> sells fiberglass rods and tubes in various lengths and diameters.
-Les > On 17 Jan 2022, at 12:03, morr...@gmail.com <morro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not strictly weewx related, but: > > Any safety concerns with mounting my wind speed and direction instruments on > a 1.25" galvanized steel pole, 6 feet above the roof line? > > I currently have a prototype anemometer about 20 feet in the air. It's well > away from our house so solar powered, which is proving a challenge. > > We get a bit of lightning here, but there are tall trees near our house, and > I've never heard of a direct hit in the neighborhood. > > Thanks for any experience/anecdotes. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e7a23b4f-51af-4513-a31f-af9e64e4f527n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e7a23b4f-51af-4513-a31f-af9e64e4f527n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/D99852A4-B115-4924-82FB-A3AE73DCA3FB%402pi.org.
