Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??
fishing rod
Oct 20, 2005
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I'd imagine it to have a cork handle?
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
About as much use as a chocolate teapot in a lightning strike.
MBQ
But in the law of average its a million to one chance of lightning striking anyone holding a fishing rod. :-)
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
At very high voltages I don't think it would make much difference whether it were carbon fibre, GRP or split cane - you'd still get zapped. Whether it kills you or not is down to the particular circumstances and individual physiology.
Most of mine have warning decals on to that effect .
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Yes, people are occasionally electrocuted by hitting power lines with CF roach poles.
| smudger wrote: | > Anyone no if a carbon fibre fishing rod is struck by lighting or | > touches a live wire would you get a shock or dead??
But they forbid fishing under electricity wires, so it should not happen. Were I a fisherman that is a rule I would *obey* religiously, Any rod may well be wet, which could conduct enough to kill you if you were unlucky.
I was amazed, upon returning to fishing, to read of 15 metre poles - I assumed it was a misprint !
(though quite how one would behave if assembled and waved about vertically is anyone's guess ! )
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You can blame the french for that. :-)
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
you can blame the French for lot's of thing's!!
But not for your horrible abuse of the apostrophe.
Dear me, is this site for DIY or for smart arsedness
Sea
-- Sean Mc
"Aidan" wrote in news:1129822116.775630.144750 @g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
Once would have been enough for me
mike
Why must there be a distinction made?
A young lad was killed a few years back here when his CF Pole hit the overhead power cables. Baz
It's not a site, it's a Usenet group. And yes.
Yes.
Its conductive enough at those sorts of high voltages.
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