Comments on: What is contained in telecommunication boosters as the major component for signal reception improvement? http://www.victoriati.com/what-is-contained-in-telecommunication-boosters-as-the-major-component-for-signal-reception-improvement.html Talk about Communication over the Blog Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:51:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: amansscientiae http://www.victoriati.com/what-is-contained-in-telecommunication-boosters-as-the-major-component-for-signal-reception-improvement.html/comment-page-1#comment-708 amansscientiae Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:15:11 +0000 http://www.victoriati.com/what-is-contained-in-telecommunication-boosters-as-the-major-component-for-signal-reception-improvement.html#comment-708 There are no special elements that would be buried for these purposes. Any good conductor will do. Copper was probably used in many cases, but lightning conductors can as well be made of steel. Zinc plated materials come to mind (for rust protection) and Zinc might also have been used for sacrificial electrodes (to keep the main electrode from corroding). The Zinc forms a kind of battery with the dirt and moisture in the ground. The current from that "battery" protects the actual metal that would provide the grounding in case of a lightning hit. I do not know if this was or is common practice in Africa. It might be that the technology has changed between colonial times and modern times. But that would be based on better knowledge of how to make lightning protection systems and likely occurred worldwide. It would not be a particular feature of colonialism in Africa. There are no special elements that would be buried for these purposes. Any good conductor will do. Copper was probably used in many cases, but lightning conductors can as well be made of steel. Zinc plated materials come to mind (for rust protection) and Zinc might also have been used for sacrificial electrodes (to keep the main electrode from corroding). The Zinc forms a kind of battery with the dirt and moisture in the ground. The current from that “battery” protects the actual metal that would provide the grounding in case of a lightning hit. I do not know if this was or is common practice in Africa.

It might be that the technology has changed between colonial times and modern times. But that would be based on better knowledge of how to make lightning protection systems and likely occurred worldwide. It would not be a particular feature of colonialism in Africa.

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