[pct-l] Carbon Fiber Poles

[Tortoise]

After doing a little searching and reading the Fibraflex 
site, I think that your carbon poles are just as likely to 
conduct electricity and attract lightening as aluminum poles.

So Switchback, take care. I don't want to read about your 
shocking experiences or hear of instant fried pirate.

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Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>

I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
Using Mozilla Thunderbird 
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Tortoise wrote:
> Switchback or Anyone,
> 
> As I recall, carbon is a good conductor of electricity. 
> Carbon is used in the brushes of some electrical motors to 
> conduct electricity and was long used in telephone handsets 
> as part of the microphone. Could someone try an experiment 
> with a battery powered circuit continuity tester or an ohm 
> meter and see how well the carbon fiber poles conduct 
> electricity. They may be about the same as the aluminum poles.
> 
> Shock me not.
> 
> ----------
> Tortoise
> 
> <> He who finishes last, wins! <>
> 
> I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
> Using Mozilla Thunderbird 
> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
> 
> Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
>>  
>> I wonder if I have less lightning  strike problems with carbon fiber than 
>> aluminum?  It would be more  important where you put your camp in relationship to 
>> a storm.  I have  always thought it would be cool to put my tent under a 
>> small pine trees'  branches and watch the storm outside.  Neat.  I just do not 
>> want to be  the tallest thing around.
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