http://www.tvrepairinfo.com/ I attached an antenna and a ground wire to my micro-volt meter during a lightning storm we were having in Grants Pass Oregon, I …
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Man makes me nervous now lol I love lightning storms but I got slit of
expensive electronics I have a surge protector but after seeing this lol
I’m a little nervous
Fellow ham. Nature is wild. Colorado my home is a mess. Sad to see dead
gadgets. Great video
Yep, that too. I’ve used Sentry (the safe company) Surge protectors and
they seem to be very reliable. Say Belkin on the other hand, not really…
-_-
How many KV do you think that was when the radio was completely toasted?
Surge protectors are only good for phase problems such as a single phase
line having a neutral short out and having 2 phases running through your
outlets. Not good for lightning protection. You would be right to be
suspicious because in surge protectors everything is close together. It’s
better to keep everything unplugged during electrical storms, in the
meantime use a laptop or a ups that’s been unplugged. Don’t keep Ethernet,
phone or cable lines plugged in but I’m sure you already know that.
I am now making a lightning logger. That’s cool!
That is exactly why Tesla wanted to create a free wireless electrical
system for all to use. Lightning is always happening somewhere.
Lightning has an average power of 500,000 megawatts.
Good video, Dave!
A lightning rod for each antenna will be just enough. There have been
houses with multiple antenna’s and 1 rod, the rod ended up blowing apart
from extreme heat and the devices attached weren’t so lucky ether. I always
unplug anything that’s not a fridge or freezer during lightning storms and
just use a laptop. Cheaper to replace or fix those then expensive audio
equipment!
Nikola Tesla, Father of AC electricity enjoyed observing lightning from one
of his labs (this one in CO). He could calculate the distance of the strike
by counting the time difference from the instance the lightning is observed
to the time he could hear the boom. He was a genius with countless
inventions.
Tesla’s wireless concept didn’t really have much to do with lightning as
the source. It was basically using the principle of resonance from the
generating end to the receiving end using the earth as part of the
transmitting medium to complete the circuit. The other being the earth’s
atmosphere as a capacitive loop for the other leg of the circuit.
makes you wonder if you really can protect anything from that
stuff..looking at the path ..it would have jumped any failsafe to get to
ground .
Great video, very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Wow that’s some damage. Thanks for sharing this video. It’s very
interesting to see what lightening can actually do.
I have seen plenty of electronic equipment damaged from power surges in
spite of the surge protectors. From what I’ve seen the low end surge
protectors don’t seem to offer much protection.
I have to try this!!!
That’s a LOT! The Geek Group’s tessla coil is “only” of 200 KILO-watts!
Have you considered adding image descriptions to the picture slideshow
segment? I’m sure the images are interesting, but without a description
I’ve got no clue what I’m seeing.
Very interesting, the part in the beginning with the meter attached to the
antenna. How much current or whatever was being detected each time
lightning struck nearby? Could it have caused damage?
What type of antenna did you use? Was it rabbit ears or pole mounted?
Have you considered adding image descriptions to the picture slideshow
segment? I’m sure the images are interesting, but without a description
I’ve got no clue what I’m seeing.
Very interesting, the part in the beginning with the meter attached to the
antenna. How much current or whatever was being detected each time
lightning struck nearby? Could it have caused damage?
I have a VISIO # SV470XVTIA that has a lot of green splash in most of dark
video
that I fixed by remove and [clean] the Tcon board. Have a picture if you
like.
I’m sure the antenna had a direct hit from lightning because of what
happened to the antenna wire (2:29).