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<p>The same lightning strike that fried the atv winch solenoid, also
hit while our air conditioner, clothes dryer, and hot water tank
were running. It shorted all three. <br>
Cecil<br>
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Lightning struck my shop while I was in the office in the house
next to the shop. I had just finished the shop and nothing was in
it except a halogen light stand and some tools and materials as I
was finishing up some small details ; preparing to move everything
in.
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<div>It did two things. First was, it tripped a GFCI receptacle in
the shop You would expect that right? Except it was the
courtesy GFCI receptacle on the halogen light stand (not part of
the building circuit) and that stand was NOT plugged in at all.
Figured that out the next day when I tried to plug in a drill to
the light stand. The next thing it did was to turn on my
flatbed scanner - like I had hit the button on the front to take
a scan. It took a very nice scan of an empty bed. By the way it
was so close to me all I heard was a concussion, not really a
thunder clap and all I saw was blue light around me. Pretty
spooky.
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<div>If anyone wants proof, I will take a picture of the burn
mark where the strike must’ve hit the peak of the roof and ran
in on a flood light to ground. It left a burn mark on the
vinyl soffit as it traveled from the gutter across the soffit
to the flood light. It is there to this day. It’s also the
only flood light whose base has rusted. </div>
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<div>So yes - inductive current was generated in two devices in
the only lightning strike I was involved it. So that’s a real
thing.</div>
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Thx Cecil, and Jim B as well... pointing out that
lightning can induce current in solenoids. I was going
with more of a melted insulation/shorting hypothesis, but
I’m equally inclined to believe the induction hypothesis.
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<p>Lightning struck a light pole near my Arctic 366
ATV and stuck the winch relay pulling the cable so
tight on the drum it had to be cut out, and ran
the battery down and 2 weeks later the battery had
to be replaced it was only 3 months old..
Lightning will do strange things...</p>
<p>Cecil<br>
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If it was a lightning strike, there should be some
evidence of lightning hitting the tractor. The
starter wire should also show a short that allowed
the starter to engage. Also, if the starter was
engaged due to a short, I would imagine that it
was engaged all the time the engine was running
and is possibly burned out from being engaged for
so long.
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<div> I had the H take off on me once when I tried
to do a start and realized that the battery was
dead. I connected the jumper cables before
before putting it in neutral and as soon as I
made the last connection, off it went. Had to
jump on while it started heading for the pond.
Turns out that I left the kill switch off from
the previous start attempt and the starter
switch had also stuck in the closed position
from the previous start attempt. So when I made
the last jumper cable connection, the starter
kicked in and off it went. Didn’t realize the
starter switch was stuck in the on position
until I made the next jumper cable connection,
this time in neutral with the kill switch on,
and heard the starter engage and run. So it is
possible for a tractor to take off if it’s in
gear with the kill switch off, and the starter
is somehow engaged.
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<div>Carl<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm not sure who can see
this, but I hope it is available to the
general public, whether you have a
Facebook account or not...
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<div>Not MY tractor. It's on my Facebook
page because I'm sharing it. You can
read commentary from the owner, Lapsley
Orchard, and you can also see what I
came up with. I am really curious to
hear input from ATIS members.</div>
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<div>Steve O.</div>
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