01-13-2012, 07:31 PM
I tried that and to enhance the protection wired it up to my tin roof - sort of a Faraday cage kind of arrangement. Since then my house has been hit by lightning several times so am reconsidering the whole project. What I need to think about now is how to orientate the tin foil. Shiny side up or down. It's quite a conundrum. If I don't want my brain-waves to leak out it's clearly shiny side down, but to prevent probing from government/alien space probes it has to be shiny side up.
Now you know why many observatories on Mauna Kea have shiny silver domes, it's because the spa.... OK, that's it, I've said enough already.
Incidentally, for those wanting to see really weird stuff from the MK webcams, not too long ago they caught a really strange looking thing which went a little viral and this one's also complete with mysterious music:
http://youtu.be/Hm4A34aA_QY
Turns out there was a very simple explanation for the event but it certainly generated a of interest at the time! By the way, I have no idea what an atmospheric flare is.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/
Now you know why many observatories on Mauna Kea have shiny silver domes, it's because the spa.... OK, that's it, I've said enough already.
Incidentally, for those wanting to see really weird stuff from the MK webcams, not too long ago they caught a really strange looking thing which went a little viral and this one's also complete with mysterious music:
http://youtu.be/Hm4A34aA_QY
Turns out there was a very simple explanation for the event but it certainly generated a of interest at the time! By the way, I have no idea what an atmospheric flare is.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/