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Old 08-28-2006
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Originally Posted by sailingdog
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If I understand the theory behind the lightning dissipators, then the boat needs to be grounded for them to work. Adding one to a boat that is not properly grounded does nothing. The brush can not bleed off the massive static charge potential if it is not ground.
The problem with using an ionic dissipator on a grounded boat is that you then are trying to disipate the negative charge of the entire ocean through this little stainless steel brush. It just isn't going to be able to do it.
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