Solved 4 Lightning rods but lightning still breaks things

[mykeroppi]

hi, im playing on the latest version on switch lite. ive got 4 lightning rods on my farm but ive noticed every time its storming the lightning will still strike my paths and crops and break them. i couldnt find any recent posts about it so i figured it wouldnt hurt to post on here in case anyone else is experincing the same issue.

 

[Grumples]

This is normal behavior for lightning rods. Basically, the more you have, the less chance something will get struck.

Taken from the wiki:
The chance that a lightning strike will be intercepted is inversely related to the percentage of lightning rods on the farm that are currently holding a charge (either pulsing or holding a battery pack). The exact probability is chance to intercept = 1 - (number of charged lightning rods / total number of lightning rods)²[2]. That is, if none of the lightning rods are currently holding a charge, a lightning strike is 100% guaranteed to be intercepted. If 50% of the lightning rods are charged, a lightning strike has a 75% chance to be intercepted. If 90% of the lightning rods are charged, a strike has only a 19% chance to be intercepted. At least one lightning rod must be on the farm to have any chance of intercepting a strike.

 

[Lew Zealand]

How many times are your Lightning Rods getting struck? IE: how many Batteries do you see the next day? Because once a Rod is struck, it's done for the day and can't protect anymore. And as Grumples said, Lightning Rods only have a chance to be struck. A good chance, and more Rods means more chances of a strike, but Rods do not completely prevent anything else on the Farm from getting hit.

What many people like to do is put 10-20 Rods on their farm and that keeps the strikes of anything else on the farm close to 0. I have about a dozen right now but I still get occasional hits elsewhere.