[Elecraft] K3 #4407 - dead

[Jim Brown]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:32:59 -0400, Tom W8JI wrote:

>I'm going to disagree with the popular but misplaced notion that when 
>lightning hits nothing can be done to prevent damage other than a complete 
>disconnect.

>The real problem is almost always that people pepper the station with 
>protection devices but use poor wiring layouts or poor entrance schemes. 99% 
>of the protection is in  the layout and bonding, not in the protection 
>devices we throw into the system.

I strongly agree. Proper bonding is probably more important than protection 
devices (although I wouldn't do without either). And IMPROPER bonding, or 
missing bonding, is a common CAUSE of lightning damage. This is especially 
true when shunt mode protection is in use (MOVs, for example).

73, Jim Brown K9YC