Re: [EE} Protecting CAN bus

Sean Breheny <[email protected]>
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Do you have evidence that this works?

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM RussellMc <[email protected]> wrote:

> Disbelieved by some:
>
> Place a single turn loop, maybe around 300 millimeter diameter,  in the
> cable at ground level where it enters the building.
> Lightning apparently doesn't go around corners - even though calculations
> suggest the impedance is far too low to be significant.
> Lightning will blow through the insulation to ground somewhere on the loop
> if a strike is severe enough.
>
>
>         Russell
>
>
>
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