Off Grid and lightning

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Madness Guru Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: Australia Posts: 2498	Posted: 10:31am 15 Oct 2017         Revlac said   The power line has now been cut and removed and the meters have been removed by energex. (the same crew that removed the fuses) I will remove the power pole soon, Bugger the grid. All going to plan I will be waving goodbye to the grid very soon also congratulations on doing it yourself. I would frame that disconnection advice in your meter box and put it on the wall. All panel frames should be grounded, this is not electrically connected to anything else, apart from that there should be only one ground point in your electrical wiring. Otherwise, if you have a strike close by there can be a potential difference between 2 points and that will cause current to flow in the ground wiring. Lightning rods would also help near the panels and on buildings with pointy tips. Silky Oak trees seem to be good conductors too, I have seen a few of them blown to pieces by a strike.Edited by Madness 2017-10-16 There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.