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Originally Posted by Robbie0723
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Interesting article. Thanks. There was a piece on this topic in this morning’s online news for TV, and it said “ Consider providing an LPS that has been protecting people and property world-wide for over 260 years. They have been the subject of numerous studies over the decades including rocket-to-wire triggered lightning research at the University of Florida.” But that is the study to which you link, and that study showed that the usual 8’ lightning rod hammered into the ground allows OVER 80% of the current from a direct strike to hit the electric meter! So, yes, research, but the research showed that the usual rod doesn’t work! What works is a big ring buried deep in a big hole or a loop of wire buried all the way around the house. There goes the landscaping! Is that what installers are putting in, or just a rod?
I wonder if daily rains and daily watering helps increase the effectiveness of a rod. Nearly all our lightning comes during the wet season.