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Exactly. The common ground point actually raises in electrical potential with a strike and because there is one and ONLY one ground point everything is at the same potential and as such no current flows from one ground to another ground which is an equipment killer. Broadcast transmitters are actually installed with their chassis raised off the concrete floors in the TX houses to remove that path to ground and preserve the single point ground.

We have to remember (and perhaps Connor forgets) that he and we have different electrical systems. His normal household mains voltage is 240 volts with both sides hot whereas we are 120 volts one side hot with the other side neutral which is tied to the safety ground back at the panel.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 553690, member: 39"] Exactly. The common ground point actually raises in electrical potential with a strike and because there is one and ONLY one ground point everything is at the same potential and as such no current flows from one ground to another ground which is an equipment killer. Broadcast transmitters are actually installed with their chassis raised off the concrete floors in the TX houses to remove that path to ground and preserve the single point ground. We have to remember (and perhaps Connor forgets) that he and we have different electrical systems. His normal household mains voltage is 240 volts with both sides hot whereas we are 120 volts one side hot with the other side neutral which is tied to the safety ground back at the panel. [/QUOTE]

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