Re: Lightning - Car jumper cables?

Bill Combs (ttursine@gnt.net)
Sat, 08 May 1999 14:15:54 -0500


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> Maybe clip the cables to the shrouds and drop the other end overboard. That
> would provide two rather direct routes around the cabin instead of through
> it.

That's what I do, a decision based on the sort-of-fact that the
ampacity of the path doesn't seem to matter, just the resistance. This
lightning stuff is so arcane (and unscientific) that I have no idea if
such is correct, and I'm an EE by training!

Regards,

Bill Combs
WWP 19 #439 (Aug 1987)
"Ursa Minor"
Fort Walton Beach FL
ttursine@gnt.net