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Originally Posted by villagetinker
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.
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I have surge protectors, too. I’ve read that driving a few long rods into the sandy soil here is insufficient for grounding lightning rods if there is a direct hit. Supposedly, the system needs to be attached to a copper cable six feet deep that runs all the way around the house. People with rods may have a false peace of mind. I’ve also read that houses with lightning rods are more likely to be hit because the rods draw the lightning. I don’t know if these things are true. I wonder if steel roofs are more likely to be hit. I haven’t heard that they are, and that seems odd.