Outside Aerial Lightening precautions?

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Lightning Protection Guide

How Much Power A Lightning Bolt Contains? Lightning bolts carry from 5 kA (5,000A) to 200 kA (200,000A) and voltages vary from 40 kV (40,000V) to 120 kV (120,000V). If we take an average bolt, with current 100 kA and voltage 100 kV, this average bolt will carry power as calculated below: Power in an average bolt = 100,000 A x 100,000 V = 10,000,000,000 Watts or 10 Billion Watts. Components of Lightning Protection (1) Building Lightning Protection System (BLPS) for the Protection of Building…

Lightning Arrestor

Hello once more! I’m building my Raspberry Pi ADS-B tracker and I am going to use a collinear antenna on top of a 3meter mast. After the Raspberry Pi I will have a direct ethernet connection with my ethernet switch (with something like 20m Cat6 cable). I’m thinking that I have to use a Lightning Arrestor/Protector after the antennas N connector. Something like this one: http://www.rfcnn.com/upload/photo/3915735e2bb0b34612073abaf6633b3e.jpg Is this a good idea or not? Do you think that a light…