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From: lsls00@iliad.kodak.com (Ilia Levi)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: lightning protection question
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Date: 8 Apr 91 14:21:36 GMT
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The reason the loop in the wire should help against a lighting is that
the lightning is very high frequency, and even a small inductance in the one loop
coil provides a large inductive resistance.