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Old 06-12-2022, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
I am not considering a lightning protection system, I do however have a whole house surge protector as well as individual surge protectors and UPS protection on various pieces of equipment. I have never seen a report of a LPS protected house being hit by lightning, so I have never seen how effective they are.
That's because they safety dissipate the energy.

Instrumented commercial high high risk sites record multiple strikes with no damage.

Check out NASA for extream examples.