[Rhodes22-list] lightning protection

[Rick Lange]

Bob,

Defender has a sacrificial surge protector, or as they term it, "spike
protector" for 12 and 24 volts.  I came across it looking for a voltage
regulator, which for boats, ain't cheap.

Does anyone know of a good source for the latter?

Rick


> FWIW, many, many years ago I worked on packaging for aircraft control
> electronics.  As you would guess, the electronics are redundant systems.
> Even so, they are surge protected by current limiting resistors.
> Lightning strikes on aircraft do occur, but the consequences don't get
> much notice.  I hope this is because the surge protection and redundancy
> work.
> A cursory look at my USBoat / West Marine catalog doesn't show any item I
> recognize as a surge protector for boat applications.
> Maybe the incidence of lightning strike is so low that no one has thought
> to use a relatively inexpensive protective device.
> Surge protection could be independent of grounding.
> The equivalent for domestic protection on standard 60 HZ is widely
> available at Home Depot and all hardware stores.
>
> Bob G
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