[BC] Charge Dissipation Devices

[Robert Meuser]

There is indeed current flowing. I know of one system where those currents were 
used to pre-start a generator so the plant was on standby power before a storm 
affected the power grid.

R

Mario Hieb, P.E. wrote:
> Does anyone have test data on these devices?
> 
> If charge is actually dissipated, a current flows and this should be 
> measurable.
> 
> 
> Mario
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:01 PM 5/10/2005, you wrote:
> 
>> Message: 11
>> Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:07:57 -0400
>> From: "Bruce Doerle" <bdoerle at mail.ucf.edu>
>> Subject: [BC] Lightning Prevention?????
>> To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>> Cc: dwhitehair at WI.RR.COM
>> Message-ID: <s2811438.086 at mail.ucf.edu>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>> Fellow broadcasters,
>>
>> Last week there was a brief debate on the merits of Charge Dissipation 
>> Devices (ie lightning prevention or avoidance systems).  The debate 
>> started in response to a message from Mr. Dana Whitehair of KUT, 
>> University of Texas.  Mr. Whitehair's message, mine, and others are 
>> shown below this initial paragraph grouping.
>>
>> Of course, this raised some hairs on the manufacturer's of these 
>> products and number of messages took place in public and behind the 
>> scenes.  The end product of these messages attacked me and eluded to 
>> testimonials as evidence that their products work.  Most engineers and 
>> scientist know that CTS and ESE products do not work; they have not 
>> been endorsed by any professional scientific, regulatory, or standards 
>> body.  The manufacturers offer no scientific proof of their theories 
>> and claim their products performance by using testimonials as evidence 
>> that the product works.  However, there is a significant fault in this 
>> logic.  The testimonials are from unknowing persons who lack the 
>> knowledge to understand this questionable, unproven technology.
>>
>> My issue in this message is to open a debate on the merits of CTS 
>> (protection / avoidance) technology.  Lightning is an issue that most 
>> broadcast must deal with and how you deal with it will determine the 
>> safety and reliability issues of your broadcast site.  I do not 
>> believe that the claims made by CTS vendors is clearly understood in 
>> our broadcast community, and I would like to open this issue up for 
>> discussion.  I invite all interest parties to participate.  I 
>> encourage you to read the messages below to understand with who you 
>> are dealing.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bruce
> 
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