It seems like the lights go out every storm. MDU does NOT get my vote for lightning strike protection expert. It looks like they've grounded one of the three phases, which is fine no problem - but how does that really protect against lightning strikes between phases ? From the photo, I see a big cost in insulators, wouldn't be more cost effective to run a neutral ground above all three phases ? Seems like I'm always in the dark. Does the power company know that there's 1.21 gigawatts (GW) of power in a lightning bolt from back to the future ? If that current from the (second phase) goes to ground near the substation, how does that effect the secondary of the transformer, assuming the strike is near the substation ? And if the conductor can't handle the power and vaporizes the wire or converts solid metal to plasma, between poles how does that keep my fridge running ?
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