Good information. In Orlando where I live I see people putting up Antennas and not grounding them. I had to alert them on our facebook page how dangerous it was.
Fortunately you didn't take a direct hit, allowing any lightening into your house in first place is a no no. Use a Caoxial Lightning Surge Arrestor/Protector inserted outside in coax at base of mast, then a ground cable ties directly from it to a ground rod. Also get a ground clamp for your mast, run a copper cable to an 8-foot rod buried in ground (Not the mast as a ground only), for that matter your coaxial ground can tie to ground rod as well. I can tell you a direct hit would have been devastating (I seen lots of equipment destroyed) with no proper outside grounding.
Thanks for posting, good video showing the effects. I just grounded my cable for this reason.
Never have antennas that close to a power line
That's not power, it's internet and other low line things. Usually residential power near homes is buried.
Ground both antenna base and coax.
Good information. In Orlando where I live I see people putting up Antennas and not grounding them. I had to alert them on our facebook page how dangerous it was.
You see lightning conducters on buildings. They're supposed to leak the charge away so it can't build up in the first place?
Fortunately you didn't take a direct hit, allowing any lightening into your house in first place is a no no. Use a Caoxial Lightning Surge Arrestor/Protector inserted outside in coax at base of mast, then a ground cable ties directly from it to a ground rod. Also get a ground clamp for your mast, run a copper cable to an 8-foot rod buried in ground (Not the mast as a ground only), for that matter your coaxial ground can tie to ground rod as well. I can tell you a direct hit would have been devastating (I seen lots of equipment destroyed) with no proper outside grounding.
you would have been replacing a lot more than a tv. try the whole side of your house.
does is help reception any?
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It's God's way of saying, "Don't sit that close to the TV or you will strain your eyes." - (for those of us who didn't believe Mama.
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Energy dont waste it