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Old 06-09-2015, 03:07 PM
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Anyone interest in the CSST-lightning issue can come up to speed by researching "lightning induced CSST fires" on the Internet and the 2007 class action lawsuit were the court found; "CSST possess unreasonable risk of fire due to lightning strikes." Grounding may be fine to prevent electric shock but when it comes to the power of lightning I would not count on it to prevent an arc from causing a pin hole leak and ignition of the escaping gas.

We had A-1 install lightning rods last fall. We have CSST. Are we protected by the rods?