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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
Ok we disagree, but where was your insurance coverage?
I would think to put surge protectors on individual items would work well.
You didn't mention lightning rod type protection, I wonder if that may be a better investment.
For gas lines Ligntning.org says
"You should have a connection from the lightning protection system to the gas system. You should have a connection from the lightning protection system to the gas system, somewhere on the customer side of the meter. This stops the problem of lightning entering your house on the gas system piping. If lightning just tracks an underground pipe, it shouldn't cause any effect on that system. It would just be a part of the natural grounding of the lightning."
So I think the building code covers that, but it can be checked easy be looking at the gas lines.
Whole home surge protectors are about $225 for a good one and can be done by a DIY in 15 minutes or an electrician of course.
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If your concern is with Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing (CSST) gas pipe, a thin wall pipe, that was the subject of a 2007 class action lawsuit you should be aware of the recent history related to grounding for both direct and indirect lightning strikes. In the class action lawsuit the court found that "CSST possess unreasonable risk of fire due to lightning strikes". Because the public had not been warned a $1000 or a $2000 voucher (depending on the size of the house) was offered to offset the cost of a lightning protection system, commonly called lightning rods, by a UL "listed" court appointed installer. The lightning system was grounded to the gas lines in two places - on the attic manifold and on the homeowner's side of the exterior gas meter. There is a national research project under way to re-vist the adequacy of this arrangement.