will I get into trouble if I reduce my hose size from 4 down to 3 coming directly out of the dryer, my opening in the floor is too small for a 4 hose and it cannot be enlarged.
No. A type of glass is formed when lightning directly strikes sand but if you use a lightning rod to attract the lightning the metal will cause the heat from the flash to dissipate and so it will not have enough energy to melt the sand.
It does sound like you have a kwikset smartkey , the hole should be about an eighth of an inch and just to the left of where the key goes in the hole. The pick rate on these is about 50% to locksmiths ; however , there are other ways to get in. My best suggestion for you is to call a few honest locksmiths and see who is near you and get a price on the total job and if you're not in a rush let them know. It might help on price. Warning : If you force the lock and don't know what you are doing on a cheap door you can shred it.
The currently accepted theory of lightning propagation is referred to as the rolling sphere method. The basic premise of the rolling sphere method is that near ground level, lightning has a strike distance of 150ft (46m). What this means is that given an imaginary sphere with a radius of 150ft (46m), one can find the parts of a structure that are susceptible to a lightning strike by rolling this sphere over the building at all possible positions. Any part of the building that can be touched by this sphere is susceptible to a lightning strike. Any part of the building that cannot be touched by the sphere is considered to be under a zone of protection. Using this method, a properly designed lightning protection system will have lightning rods installs such that when the sphere is rolled over the building, no part of the building can be touched by the sphere except the tips of the lightning rods. There is one common exception to this, though, as the sides of very tall structures do not typically require lightning rods. Follow the link below for more details.
