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What's anyone done with lightning grounding to a conventional (NOT ENCAPSULATED) iron keel? There's fairing and barier coat and bottom paint over the bare cast iron, so we were thinking that a conventional ground from the mast base to the keel bolts might be great--except for blowing all that expensive coating off the keel and letting it start rusting again. There's no way that will take a strike without the need for a haul & strip & recoat at "UGH" dollars per gallon.
Would you try to strip some of the keel, and recoat it with something conductive, like just zinc galvanizing paint? Or install real bronze ground plates,not Dynaplates, but solid grounding plates?
Has anyone taken a strike with any of these setups, and have any comments on how well it did or didn't work?
Would you try to strip some of the keel, and recoat it with something conductive, like just zinc galvanizing paint? Or install real bronze ground plates,not Dynaplates, but solid grounding plates?
Has anyone taken a strike with any of these setups, and have any comments on how well it did or didn't work?