[TheForge] Weathervanes and Lightening

[Andy Vida]

GHS wrote:
> 
> The only place I seem to see them on new installs is in locations where
> the likelihood of a strike is great in any case, church steeples and the
> like. The one installer that I talked to made a big deal of the cable
> being heavy enough to transmit the charge without causing a fire from
> overheating. Might have been a sales hype for all I know , but it sounds
> reasonable.

	Well, the stuff I pulled off my neighbor's place was a flexible 
	braid of copper, perhaps 40 strands and about 3/4" thick, give
	or take.  I would say it could carry a few thousand amps before
	frying.  Very heavy.