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- dhughes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0 If millions of amps run through anythng you can consider it toast.
- JustMy2ยข, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I second tomaburque's comment. Several years ago, lightning hit 1/2 block away from my house. The induced current jumped the fusible lightning arrestor on my brother's amateur radio antenna and slagged his ham radio receiver. That much current is going to ionize an integrated circuit and keep traveling.
- bchow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Also you should protect your LNB from birds.
The damage score at our house after 10 years of satellite:
Birds vs lightning
2:0 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0simple solution: ground the antenna.
- bossm4n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Where in the article did it actually mention anything useful?
- bmccaff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Antennae is the plural of the "jointed, movable, sensory appendages occuring in pairs on the heads of insects and most other arthropods". Antennas is the plural of "a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received".
From Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition, 1998. - Zonkzor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If this is such a problem why isn't this sort of protection built into the satellite? Actually this sounds like something a guy could make a ton of money from. "LIGHTNING COULD KILLZOR JOOR SATELITES!!!11 BUY MY $200 PROTECTOR BOX!"
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http://CollegeCheapskate.com - John184, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OR.... buy a surge protector.
p.s. if you live were they run Cable underground than none of this applies to you. - mikeyG9x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How did this make it to the front page? The article mentions nothing useful, no home brew, hardware hacking, DIY, or even a useful product.
"Richard Renard is a product marketing engineer" isn't that just fancy-speak for a simple sales person?! - tomaburque, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If lightning touches the antenna it's gonna blow it up and everything that's attached to it. Period. Some antenna trivia for you all: Most of the time when people get lightning damage, the lightning didn't actually strike the antenna or the wires. It only has to strike nearby, say, within 30 feet. When the lightning strikes, an imensely powerfull magnetic field surrounds the bolt and when the field collapses it induces current in anything that will conduct it in the area. That induced voltage can sometimes be dealt with by a surge surpressor. But a direct hit? Forget it. It's gonna blow it up.
- andrewr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Ha your "little brother" must be a punk.
- rhsjr7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I'm more interested in this blocked IP controversy, keep us up to date...
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"I'm more interested in this blocked IP controversy..."
Heh, me too.
Yeah, I don't have a lot going on... - danhuard, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0send an email to feedback@digg.com that details everything you're talking about
we'll take a look into it. - leadx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0How does this make it to the homepage?
This is total crap! This Dan guy is an idiot. - mushoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0...
- mushoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+023
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