Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!W8SDZ@SIMTEL20 From: W8SDZ%SIMTEL20@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Lightning protection Message-ID: <12572@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 23:40:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12572 Posted: Fri Aug 17 23:40:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Aug-84 01:16:33 EDT Lines: 12 From: Keith PetersenOne effective way of protecting against lightning-induced line transcients at remote repeater sites is to add a Sola constant voltage transformer (harmonic-neutralized type for low AC waveform distortion). This is rather expensive unless you find one at a flea market or surplus store. It is used by many commercial users as an effective method of protecting the equipment, however. Many equipment failures which appear to have been caused by lightning coming in through the antenna are actually caused by it coming in on the AC lines. --73, Keith W8SDZ