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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
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Subject: Re: Neutral-Ground Shorts
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Date: Tue, 23-Jun-87 10:11:03 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 23 10:11:03 1987
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It wouldn't even take lightning strokes, just passing clouds to induce
enough static charge to arc accross the conductors.  Lightning rods do
more than attrack strokes to a benign place, they dispell charges that
would cause arcs to form.

-Ron