Off Grid and lightning

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George65 Guru Joined: 18/09/2017 Location: Australia Posts: 308	Posted: 10:02am 26 Dec 2017         Gizmo said   Its also another reason I wont live in a house without a earthed steel roof. Just moved into a house with a Colourbond roof. Are they normally grounded or would that be something one would normally do themselves? Would you use the water pipes or the house ground rod ( seems risky) or another dedicated earth rod? How big a cable would one need to be effective? I have 2 Lighting rods, one is the huge gum tree out the front of the house and the other is the TV antenna a good 15Ft above the roof held up with Guy wires. There is a 30Ft gun right close to the house but that will be getting the sword very soon as I have permission to remove it being too close to the house. I'll bet ground conductivity is as low as it can be here atm. No rain for months. Ground all around the area has cracks you literally trip in.