To: PoloSec
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one, or a picture of one, with the obvious need: a lightning rod.
2 posted on
06/15/2014 3:29:48 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Not so easy to design. The arms are huge so a rod up the center was probably there and insufficient.
6 posted on
06/15/2014 3:32:42 PM PDT by
RossA
To: HiTech RedNeck
Going to need lots of duct tape to fix that one, they probably better pick up some electrical tape also for the innards :)
9 posted on
06/15/2014 3:34:43 PM PDT by
The Cajun
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To: HiTech RedNeck
I’m guessing a lighting rod would have to stick-up pretty high above the blades in order to work. They’re probably more worried about it breaking off and damaging the blades. I think the blades are made out of carbon fiber, so not cheap.
13 posted on
06/15/2014 3:41:47 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: HiTech RedNeck
"I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one, or a picture of one, with the obvious need: a lightning rod." Indeed! Ben Franklin figured out the solution 200+ years ago. Why aren't today's design engineers using it???
17 posted on
06/15/2014 4:11:24 PM PDT by
Wonder Warthog
(Newly fledged NRA Life Member (after many years as an "annual renewal" sort))
To: HiTech RedNeck
Modern wind turbines do indeed have various types of lightning protection. Because of wind turbine complexity, simple lightning rods aren’t so effective.
Blades have conducting tips and grounding, for example.
19 posted on
06/15/2014 4:21:49 PM PDT by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
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