KF5BET
07-04-2009, 03:37 PM
This happened a couple of days ago.
Got home from work and the girls told me that lightning struck very close to the house. They said they saw a very white and bright light from the living room window.
Everything seemed ok. The next day, I noticed that the camper shore power was off. Started checking and a gfci plug for the storage shed was tripped and couldn't be reset. I then saw the electric fence controller laying on the ground. When I picked it up I noticed that it was broken and when I turned it over, it was burned to a crisp.
The only thing I can think of is that lightning struck the fence and backfed into the controller burning it up, knocking it off the wall and destroying the gfci. The fence does have a 4' ground rod installed right outside the controller location.
Electricity...got to love it... but definitely respect it.
Got home from work and the girls told me that lightning struck very close to the house. They said they saw a very white and bright light from the living room window.
Everything seemed ok. The next day, I noticed that the camper shore power was off. Started checking and a gfci plug for the storage shed was tripped and couldn't be reset. I then saw the electric fence controller laying on the ground. When I picked it up I noticed that it was broken and when I turned it over, it was burned to a crisp.
The only thing I can think of is that lightning struck the fence and backfed into the controller burning it up, knocking it off the wall and destroying the gfci. The fence does have a 4' ground rod installed right outside the controller location.
Electricity...got to love it... but definitely respect it.