A Different Way to Get Electricity from Solar Panels

Here’s a potential downside to solar panels that I haven’t seen anybody mention before:

A lighting strike likely caused a fire that broke out in a home on Winnisimet Drive Monday night, according to a fire official. …

“It struck the outside of the building,” said [Fire Chief Joseph] Mollo. “The home had a solar system and it looked like that may have somehow drawn the lighting.”

If this is more than a fluke, perhaps lightning rods of some kind should be standard accessories.  The next step would be to tie them into the system, somehow, to capture the energy.

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