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Electronics — April 2005
By Ben Ellison

Lightning Guard 200
   
 
 More of this Feature

• Part 1: Circles of Uncertainty
• Part 2: Circles of Uncertainty
• Electronics Q&A
• Simrad Navstation
• Lightning Guard 200
• RAM Mount
• Airmar

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• Electronics Column Index
• Electronics Feature Index

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• Airmar
• Electronic Specialty Products
• RAM Mount
• Simrad

As always, there are no guarantees when it comes to lightning. But this new gadget appears to go a step beyond good grounding and surge protectors to keep your communications electronics alive. Turning the $60 Lightning Guard 200 to “off” will break all of an attached radio’s connections, including the coax shield and the negative battery, and then tie them together and also to a ground plate if available. Of course that means you can’t use the radio during a storm, but this technique is said to protect against even notoriously erratic side flashes. Models designed for other electronics are in the works.

Electronic Specialty Products ( (407) 349-9150. www.electronicspecialtyproducts.com.

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