So I'm looking to buy a 1983 Hurst/Olds 15th anniversary from a dealer around the corner from my house. It needs some work, which I can handle but it's cheap. Any way I am well aware of the lightning rods and there purpose to shift up and down. My question is do you HAVE to use them just driving around (to work)? Because the info I've read has me under the impression that they're only for races and quick acceleration. I was wondering if I just start it up to go to work, can I just put her in drive and go or do I need to bother with the overdrive, 1st, 2nd and Drive every single time I accelerate and decelerate from traffic lights?
Should be false. The point is that the lightning rod itself is grounded, and so when lightning strikes it, all the electricity goes straight to the ground, doing nothing.
The lightning rods conduct the electricity and bring it to the ground.
False. They work because lightning will discharge into the path of least electrical resistance which is the lightning rod in contact with ground.
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Well, we have many many FALSE votes so far, but I believe the statement actually is TRUE. Lightning rods do not supply protection by getting hit themselves and conducting that charge to ground. Rather, they create a local continuous discharge region around themselves (largely due to their pointy ends), and reduce the probability that lightning will strike AT ALL in that area. They do not protect the building by taking the hit; they protect it by preventing any hits in their vicinity. Take a look at a properly installed set of rods that have been in service for years. You will find that they have never once been clobbered by an actual strike.
