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Old 08-06-2021, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by MrFlorida View Post
Yes they work, but if lightning hits one, everything electronic in your house will be toast anyway.
That is FALSE. My sister in law lives in the villages and had her rods hit twice and the only damage was once to the low voltage transformer to her landscaping lights and that was because it wasn’t grounded to the system.