JK Hit By Lightning
06-09-2009, 12:29 PM
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I agree. The whole point of the Faraday Cage concept is that the charge travels along the outside of the conductor (the steel body in most vehicles) and not through the conductor into the cab of the vehicle. With a Jeep, it seems to me that the "Faraday Cage" would basically include the entire interior tub if the strike hit the sportbar (or went through the top to the sportbar.)
Well, lets just say be careful in the lightning.
There is a wiki on Faraday cages.
06-09-2009, 02:45 PM
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Check these two videos out and they will kind of answer your question...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUUOdO6eEZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6XGKZxYxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUUOdO6eEZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6XGKZxYxA
06-10-2009, 03:55 PM
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I was also thinking about this today as I drove home in a thunderstorm. In a car the electricity will be be conducted around the sheet metal and then arc to the ground. There might be enough metal with the cage and windshield frame to keep you from being directly electrocuted. However, I'll bet the chances of being burned by the super heated gases and/or other arcing around the lighting may be higher in a Jeep.
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm
"The SAFEST location during lightning activity is a large enclosed building, not a picnic shelter or shed. The second safest location is an enclosed metal vehicle, car, truck, van, etc., but NOT a convertible, bike or other topless or soft top vehicle."
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm
"The SAFEST location during lightning activity is a large enclosed building, not a picnic shelter or shed. The second safest location is an enclosed metal vehicle, car, truck, van, etc., but NOT a convertible, bike or other topless or soft top vehicle."
06-15-2009, 11:38 AM
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