Fires Caused By Lightning: How to Protect Your Facility
From 2007 to 2011, it’s estimated that U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 22,600 fires started by lightning per year. While humans cause more fires than…
How Lightning is Generated and Ways to Protect Your Facility From Risks
Lightning is one of the most deadly natural phenomena with bolt temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun. As electrical engineers know, lightning can increase personnel injury,…
What You Need to Know About Lightning Protection Systems
Globally, there are approximately 40 to 50 flashes of lightning every second, or nearly one and a half billion annually. Not only is the amount of strikes alarming,…
10 Questions to Consider to Assess Your Need for Lightning Protection
Around the world, there are approximately 100 lightning strikes each second. Exactly where each will strike is indeterminable, and their occurrence is unpreventable. What is in our control,…
5 Products for Optimal Wind Turbine Lightning Protection
Wind turbines provide us with renewable energy that relies on nature, rather than fossil fuels, to reap the benefits. Yet, due to the height of the structures and…
How Climate Change is Increasing Lightning & Ways to Protect Your Facility
For years, climate change has been a hot topic for everyone from scientists to economists. As more data is collected on a warming climate, we begin to see…
The Basics of Isolated Down Conductors for Lightning Protection
When it comes to the basics of lightning protection, two main systems are generally implemented: Isolated or non-isolated systems. Non-isolated systems are commonly used to protect metallic items…
Why Air Terminal Placement is Critical to Lightning Protection
Many factors impact the effectiveness of a lightning protection system—from ground rods to conductors to air terminal placement. Above all, air terminal placement may dictate whether a lightning…
4 Components to Protect Residential Homes from Lightning Damage
It’s no secret that the safest place to stay during a lightning storm is indoors. In fact, a home or other substantial structure like an office building serves…
3 Scenarios that Require an Advanced Lightning Protection System
Lightning protection systems help shield the workforce from danger, assist in the protection of equipment from damage and safeguard investments from downtime. While there is no known method…