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[quote=radio8z]Do you think it would be a reasonable idea to at least ground one of the power and one of the audio leads for an outdoor transmitter to the electrical stake ground?
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Yes, that sounds like an excellent idea to me. You could ground the audio shield and one wire of the 18VAC feed to a ground rod outside before the wires enter the house. This would help to divert the lightning current to ground before it enters the house. One or both of the grounded cunductors will likely “vaporize”, but at least the path won’t extend into your house.
BTW, the dog is fine and had no ill effects. But I have since made a practice of removing the collar from our dog during lightning storms because I wonder if the huge electric field in the area during a local strike might trigger the collar receiver into the zap mode.
