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Presumably smart people would be insulating the battery from an external surge like a lightning strike.
However in practical senses the lightning would go into the rest of the ground as the grounding wire would be bypassing the concrete.
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Presumably smart people would be insulating the battery from an external surge like a lightning strike.
However in practical senses the lightning would go into the rest of the ground as the grounding wire would be bypassing the concrete.