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Originally Posted by Baboon
How is the lightning igniting gas inside the CSST? The lightning directly, or proximity to a burning roof? Or a power surge to the gas controllers?
Would lightning rods / home surge protector mitigate the risk?
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CSST gas lines can fail if you experience a direct lightning strike or even an indirect lightning strike that does not hit your property. Depending on the intensity of the strike it energizes everything that is conductive as the strike seeks the least resistant path to ground. Lightning has been know to energize CSST gas pipe resulting in arc that is capable of breaching the gas pipe with a small hole releasing gas that ignites because the surface of the pipe is so hot. This is what the class action lawsuit was all about as explained in the July POA Bulletin, page 11 or on line at poa4us.org