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The line from the transformer passes about 10' in front of the barn and into the back of the house. That run is about 75'. Then it comes out of the house about the same place and runs back to the barn crossing over the original line about midway to the barn which is about 50' from the house...

"I wonder how close the barn feed runs to the house feed? That defines area of that loop." Not sure what you are asking here. Can you explain further?

Got you on the bell wire. I was actually thinking of grounding the tracks to the Earth ground next to the barn. Any ideas there? My Earth ground to the transformer would be about 30 feet.

Thanks for your answers. Unfortunately, if the past is any indicator of the future it will be until next August before I will know. All three openers have been bought in August and all around the third week of August. Perhaps there was someone that was killed in the area of my barn in...

I'll go over the wire to the panel to make sure. I don't understand the bell wire from track to frame comment. Can you explain what you mean? The power pole is seven hundred feet away. From there it is undergraound. I had the electric company out to check the above ground transformer...

Actually I have the electric eyes mounted up near the opener itself to more or less by-pass this safety. So there is only a few feet of wire for the electric eyes. However, the wires for the control panel where the button is to open & close the door are probably about 20 - 30 feet long. I'm...

westom, I'm sure you know what you are talking about and I am sure many on this forum will be as physically excited reading your post as I get reading Dear Penthouse. However, all I got from your post was blah blah, blah blah blah, effective protection means a lightning rod or 'whole house'...

Would you go ahead with lighting rods anyways?

Opener is pluged into a standard outlet at the opener. The logic board in inside the opener itself. I am on the third opener. It's cheaper to replace the whole opener than replace the logic board. I have had at least two logic boards replaced under warranty. So actually this is about the...

So westom since I know nothing about electricity as I explained in my initial post, and therefore mostly what I read was blah blah, blah blah blah, blah, are lighting rods a good idea or not? No offense intended.

Thanks

Well beside being an electrical idiot, I'm cheap! But replacing Garage Door Openers isn't cheap either so I am going to have to do something. Are there systems for "do it yourselfers" out there? Or is this something that is best left to the pros? Thanks for your indulgence with me. I...

Would my system be better than nothing at all? Would it possibly create any more problems like attracting static electricity?

So why wouldn't my inside "do-it-myself" system work? Does the suppression have to be on the outside of the building roof?

Ok now. Please remember to explain like you would to a Cocker Spaniel. Are you saying yes, a lightning rod would get rid of static electricity inside the barn? If this is correct then why wouldn't a wire inside the barn attached to my ground wire do the same thing?