To: Domestic Church
Yes, they are well grounded, but a lightening strike can take a generating station off line in a hurry. I've seen it happen.
1,684 posted on
08/14/2003 4:36:04 PM PDT by
ringgold
(A pirate looks at 40!)
To: ringgold
LOL
I'm listening to Peter Jennings, DirecTV out, he cut to a reporter and she didn't know she was on air she said some along these lines..."yeah, I'll be off around 8 , it looks like FOX NEWS has gone to normal programing"
To: ringgold
Yes, they are well grounded, but a lightening strike can take a generating station off line in a hurry. I've seen it happen.Yes, and if lightning gets into the control circuits, it can cause a multitude of seemingly unrelated circuit breaker trippings in the same station that might qualify as a double or triple contingency. This is true whether there's a generator involved or not. The control schemes are designed to deal with lightning, but it is a sometimes unpredictable force of nature.
2,053 posted on
08/14/2003 5:32:24 PM PDT by
meyer
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