What can be Done to Provide Industrial Lightning Protection?
If you operate in a region where seasonal lightning strikes are common you’ll know how critical it is that your sensitive electrical equipment features lightning protection! Lightning is produced in thunderstorms when liquid and ice particles above the freezing level collide, and build up large electrical fields in the clouds. Once these electric fields become large enough, a giant “spark” occurs between them (or between them and the ground) like static electricity, reducing the charge separation. Lightning bolts have tremendous forces of energy. A single lightning strike can have anything between 100 million to 1 billion volts. If your property or building is hit by a lightning strike, it’s easy to see how such a force of energy could cause serious damage. Since, we cannot prevent the occurrence of lightning strikes or where they occur, the next best thing is to put protections in place to prevent personal and property damage. The purpose of a lightning protection system is to control