Thunderbolt Corner: Electric Hazard Management

[gbrito]

A place to learn, teach, project,and discuss your PC safety

[gbrito]

A place to learn, teach, project and discuss on power supply, lightning, EMP, line surges and other issues in order to improve your PC safety.

[gbrito]

A place to learn, teach, project and discuss on power supply, lightning, EMP, line surges and other issues in order to improve your PC safety.
A few papers will be avaliable here. I hope you enjoy

Fell free for any question on gbrito@walla.com

[Paranoid2000]

Gbrito,

Since you have posted 2 threads with almost the same title, I have merged your posts into this one. If you intend to link to a website (doing a Google search on "Thunderbolt Corner" gives plenty of results for the A-10 "Warthog" or P-47 aircraft but not much else...) or add extra information, then Computer Help should be an appropriate forum for this, but if you have nothing further to add, then I (or someone else) will move this thread to Chit Chat. :)

[gbrito]

Gbrito,

Since you have posted 2 threads with almost the same title, I have merged your posts into this one. If you intend to link to a website (doing a Google search on "Thunderbolt Corner" gives plenty of results for the A-10 "Warthog" or P-47 aircraft but not much else...) or add extra information, then Computer Help should be an appropriate forum for this, but if you have nothing further to add, then I (or someone else) will move this thread to Chit Chat. :)
Dear Paranoid: my purpose here is to attach any kind of technical information, tips, personal experience as ham radio operator, as electronic hobbyst, covering LIGTNING AND ELECTRIC PROTECTION FOR PC USERS. So I choose Thunderbolt Corner as main title and Electric Hazard Management as subtitle. The threads was posted in order to realocate 2 papers posted in other place. However, and I don't know why, the papers attachments didn't work when I submited them. Fell free to move this thread to any place inside this forum...I just want to help users to protect their sensitive rigs. Just it.
By the way, as a flight simmer, the main title was really accidental. Finally, if this kind of cooperation is at wrong place or time, shut down it!
Have a nice day!!!
gbrito
Thanks for merging!!!!
PS: if you agree (or someone else) here's some attachments. For those who want to understand in depth and in a formal manner the comming issues, some formulae added. For those who hates math, don't worry. I'll try to compose without math support. Enjoy!!!

[gbrito]

A place to learn, teach, project and discuss on power supply, lightning, EMP, line surges and other issues in order to improve your PC safety.
Grounding systems: the worst case regarding soil characteristic.
By the way take a look at http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/primer/ (thanks Manny Carvalho)

[gbrito]

From earth to sky!
First step:
An illustrative simplest grounding system design for worst soil conductivity.

[gbrito]

From earth to sky!
First step:
An illustrative simplest grounding system design for worst soil conductivity.
Hi,All!
Second and third steps:
I hope you enjoy!
Feel free to mail me at gbrito@walla.com

[gbrito]

Hi all!!!
For those who have any electronic assembly skills, some circuits for homebrew lightning detectors on
www.techlib.com/electronics/lightning.html
New papers comming soon!!

[gbrito]

Simple, sensitive and not expensive!
Any doubt on assembly, feel free to alert me!

[gbrito]

Hi, all!
I hope you enjoy!
For those who live in apartment buildings, the next paper will try to cover this case.

[gbrito]

Hi, all!
I hope you enjoy!
For those who live in apartment buildings, the next paper will try to cover this case.
Be carefull with this measures!!!
Please, take a look at
http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/

[gbrito]

Hi all!
GROUNDING SYSTEM FOR THOSE WHO LIVES IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS
any doubts feel free to mail me at
gbrito@walla.com

With this issue I think we have stressed grounding systems! In next posts we will jump to other step regarding Lightning and EMP Protection. :D

[gbrito]

Hi,all!
To avoid transform your apartment in a kind of “Swiss cheese” hunting structural bars, Try this!
gbrito. :)

[gbrito]

Hi,all!
Few words about power line surge protection.
I hope you enjoy!
Any doubt, feel free to mail me at
gbrito@walla.com
Have a nice weekend! :)
For advanced readers see LittelFuse Varistor Application Notes (.zip).