Around forty years ago, salesmen came around this area and used scare tactics to sell air spikes (lightning rods). My house has beautiful copper rods with glass ball "insulators" and even a weather vane on the center rod. They've never been used as far as I know. I still wonder how much hard earned money my grandfather paid for the installation. I guess it leaves a bad taste in my mouth (not the copper taste you get when getting shocked though!). There are no "modern" lightning rods in this area.
Back to the arrestor thing...
Anyone ever use a tesla coil to test an arrestor to see if they actually do anything?
I still like the placebo theory...
