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    Lightning mitigation systems - South Florida

    Thanks for that. Wouldn't damage result exactly from not being conductive enough?  As far as I understand carbon fibre: it depends on how it is constructed. I don't currently own a cf mast, so not my first worry, but it is that of the OP.
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    Lightning mitigation systems - South Florida

    Let me correct myself on one point: carbon is by itself not a good conductor. So, yes ask the builder about that.
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    Lightning mitigation systems - South Florida

    I recently read up about lightning mitigation and learned some interesting details. Rasputin is right with the angles: electric current prefers to go straight, so if your system makes an angle it might jump to another "ground." Ideally it goes straight from the top of the mast to the keel. Some...


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