Lightning Arrestors [RE-wrenches]

[jay peltz]

Hi Allan,

I talked with Moby ( up in northern Colorado) and he uses a different brand (
name escapes me right now) but he says he has seen all his neighbors get damage
and him nothing.  They are expensive but worth it.  I think the Deltas seem OK
for low power lightning at some distance but don't seem to work at hi
power/close ranges.

But then I'm fortunate, as I don't live in a lightning area.

jay

peltz power

Allan Sindelar wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <info at backwoodssolar.com>
>
> > I did get the impression the factory was not sure what is going on when we
> > talked to them.  They did also confirm to us that the ones made for APT
> were
> > just different wire colors and thus got a new model number.
>
> Funny, the one time I talked with them, several years ago, I got the same
> impression. Are we all using Deltas just because APT started it? I don't
> remember anything but Photron SAMs and a few SunAmp Zap Blocks and LD24s in
> the early years, until Powercenters started using the Deltas.
>
> For sure, they're easy to install, they look nice, and they've become the
> "industry standard" for inclusion in a professionally-installed system (CYA
> stuff). But has anyone ever determined if they work or not? Our local
> lightning specialist once dismissed them as worthless, but I figured that's
> because he sold his own more expensive stuff...
>
> Allan @+E
>
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