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Feb 23, 2019 | 06:04 PM

denimtouch

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Am I safe in my aluminum body f150 during a thunderstorm?

Feb 23, 2019 | 06:08 PM

chimmike

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Why would it be any different from a steel body?

Feb 23, 2019 | 06:11 PM

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Aluminum is a conductor. Unless your parked underwater I wouldn’t worry about it

Feb 23, 2019 | 06:14 PM

denimtouch

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ok cool thx

Feb 23, 2019 | 06:25 PM

moparado

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Aluminum is a better conductor of electricity than steel.
Which means theoretically aluminum would be safer safer than steel during a direct hit lightning bolt to the truck.

Feb 23, 2019 | 08:14 PM

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I suspect it would be like being in a Faraday suit. Just make sure you are not making a contact with ground when lightning strikes.

Feb 24, 2019 | 06:21 AM

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You must have seen that video on the Weather Channel where the F150 was struck by lightning.

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