Galvanic Wasting and Lightning Protection - Ep. 126

One of the key realisations that sent me down this lightning rabbit hole was the effect that bonding my lightning protection system to my electrical system would have on the wasting of my sacrificial anodes. It was not something I had heard discussed before. Realising this was overlooked in ABYC TE-4, I started wondering what else was missed. This video is a deep drive into the chemistry and physics of galvanic action. It covers why blindly bonding the lightning and electrical grounds is dangerous, and why bonding them is critical anyway. -=] Patreon:   / thedigitalmermaid   -=] Channels that have Helped Me; * ‪@ProjectBrupeg‬ * ‪@OffGridGarageAustralia‬ * ‪@AcornToArabella‬ -=] References; None in this video -=] Chapters; 0:00 - The Trip Down the Rabbit Hole 0:53 - A Brief Discussion on Induced Galvanic Action 2:18 - Chemical Galvanic Action 2:46 - Anodic and Cathodic Metals; What Does This Mean? 4:09 - Energy States and Quantum Orbital Shapes 6:56 - A Water Tower Analogy 9:19 - Boats as Chemical Batteries 10:44 - Reduction Reaction on the Cathode 12:48 - The Mechanics of Anode Wasting 16:23 - Planning For Anodic Wasting 19:35 - Two Options; First, More Anodes 20:31 - Option Two; Capacitor Bridge 22:04 - Why Bonding Is Critical; Side Flashes 27:30 - Bonding To Reduce Voltage Delta 29:05 - How A Capacitor Bridge Bonds Without Bonding -=] Image References; Sea of free electrons Saint Chemistry 10 https://saintschemistry10.weebly.com/... Classical Aluminium Atomic Structure National MagLab https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-aca... The SPDF Orbitals Joel M Wiliams https://vixra.org/abs/1308.0130 https://www.gsjournal.net/Science-Jou... Kitchener Water Tower Christine Clark, 570 NewsRadio https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/06... Classic Chemical Cell Openstax, Figure 17.8 from Chapter 17.5: Batteries and Fuel Cells Access for free at https://openstax.org H20 Dipole By Riccardo Rovinetti - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...