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Old 06-05-2015, 12:16 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by N3LYT View Post
The current flows around a Faraday shield
Indeed it does, but only when resistive and inductive effects are negligible. With lightning, because of the fast risetimes, inductive effects are important; and because of the very large currents available, the effect of even very small resistances can be cause major surprises. For lightnng, a car body is a very imperfect Faraday shield.

Taking a generality you've read somewhere, like "current flows around a Faraday shield", and applying it to very anomalous events like lightning strikes, without bothering to understand what's going on, can lead to serious errors.
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