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<blockquote data-quote="MacFromOK" data-source="post: 3172487" data-attributes="member: 40864"><p>Yeah, that might work if the tower is substantially taller than the antenna dish.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, lightning can strike the dish, cable, etc. and then arc to the grounded tower, along with sending a hefty surge into the house via the cable. </p><p></p><p>Lightning struck/destroyed my CB antenna and followed the coax into the living room, arcing to the best stereo I ever owned and starting a small fire. The CB wasn't even connected. A section of the melted coax is still stuck in the living room wall, the outer insulation was literally dripping off it (RG-8 or 9, the big stuff). :/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacFromOK, post: 3172487, member: 40864"] Yeah, that might work if the tower is substantially taller than the antenna dish. Otherwise, lightning can strike the dish, cable, etc. and then arc to the grounded tower, along with sending a hefty surge into the house via the cable. Lightning struck/destroyed my CB antenna and followed the coax into the living room, arcing to the best stereo I ever owned and starting a small fire. The CB wasn't even connected. A section of the melted coax is still stuck in the living room wall, the outer insulation was literally dripping off it (RG-8 or 9, the big stuff). :/ [/QUOTE]
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