Lightning struck?

[338_MtRushmore]

I have begun setting up a station recently and have been digging through boxes and messes from years ago in attempt to find stuff. Today I found the polyphaser I used to use on my camper in North Dakota. This thing was installed for a few years, but not actually used much.

Put a new slug in it, or replace the whole thing?

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Just replace the arrestor inside. They were made to be easily replaced after a strike.

 

[BJ radionut]

That one definitely took a "Hit"

 

[338_MtRushmore]

Just replace the arrestor inside. They were made to be easily replaced after a strike.

Is the whole endcap the contact, or is it just the center pin? Just curious if the hole in the conductor might increase the gap and raise the voltage it takes to arc out. I’m guessing not, but I don’t really even know what it is or how it actually works.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

One side of that gas tube should just sit on the centre connector inside the housing, and the other side is grounded when the cap screws back on.

 

[338_MtRushmore]

One side of that gas tube should just sit on the centre connector inside the housing, and the other side is grounded when the cap screws back on.

I finally realized it is an axial component that they snip the leads off of. Makes more sense now. Thank you