| (e-mail address removed) wrote:
|> In alt.engineering.electrical Timothy Daniels
|>
|> | Would you please sum up what you believe to be prudent
|> | protection (for electronic equipment) from nearby lightning strikes?
|> | I'm thinking of both in single-family homes and in condo/apartment
|> | buildings. What would you do to protect from in-house (or
in-building)
|> | surges, such as elevator motors suddenly shorting out, or welding
|> | equipment in use?
|>
|> How much money are you willing to spend?
|>
|
| The only thing I can think of that comes close is to have a heavy
| motor/generator set with a HUGE flywheel sitting in the basement.
How about driving a generator in the basement with either a heavy
fiberglass
axle rod driven at some distance by a (sacrificial) motor, or by a fluid
that
does not conduct electricity through a turbine system, similarly driven by
a
motor/pump at some distance.
