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Understanding Conventional Earthing Systems: A Key Component of Electrical Safety
In any electrical installation, safety is paramount, and a Conventional Earthing System plays a crucial role in ensuring this safety. An earthing system provides a path for fault currents to flow safely to the ground, reducing the risk of electric shock and damage to equipment. This system typically consists of a grounding rod, conductive materials like copper or galvanized steel, and connections to the electrical system of a building or structure. For more information, you can call us at +91-9313183017.
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maxxreese · 1 month
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What Are Lightning Surge Protection Devices?
Lightning Surge Protection Devices are essential for safeguarding electrical systems and equipment from high voltage peaks caused by lightning strikes. They protect against electrical surges and transient voltages that can damage sensitive devices. Inductive effects from nearby lightning discharges can induce high voltage transients onto long cables, making equipment connected through these cables particularly vulnerable. Surge protection devices (SPDs) help mitigate these risks by diverting excess voltage and ensuring the safety of both power and signal cables.https://www.lightningprotection.com/everything-need-know-surge-protection/
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masonlamb · 1 month
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An Integrated Approach For Complete Lightning Rod Protection
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A lightning rod is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire instead of passing through the structure, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals, or strike termination devices. This technology goes back about 250 years to when Benjamin Franklin developed it.
It was designed primarily for structural protection.
Today, society has evolved to include sophisticated communications, computers, networks, power, power generation, GPS, space travel, air travel, and many more, but many companies are still using a lightning protection unit that goes back to the 1700s. Today’s standards are still rooted in the Ben Franklin system, including the National Fire Protection Agency NFPA 780 and Underwriters Laboratory (UL). Their primary mission is founded on structural protection and personal safety, but they are not geared toward electronic integrity and lightning elimination.
That is why LEC recommends an integrated approach for complete Lightning rod protection.
LEC's Charge Transfer System (patented as the Dissipation Array System or DAS) uses a naturally occurring, scientific phenomenon called point discharge to retard the collection of lightning within a finite protection zone. LEC does not attract the lightning. LEC's system lowers the static field in the protected area long enough for the lightning strike to terminate outside the protected area. The DAS is engineered for the specific application or site.
With LEC’s unique combination of experienced consultants, engineers, and integrated services, you can rely on expert advice backed by over 50 years of experience. LEC's services have provided lightning protection, grounding, and surge protection solutions throughout multiple industries, providing greater lightning safety, savings, and efficiency using a proprietary approach to risk reduction. The necessary services are dependent on your company’s lightning safety requirements. They can be as simple as a technical review or as extensive as a site survey. An LEC sales associate will be able to help you determine what your needs are.
The LEC Advantage is the heart and soul of our products and services. LEC technical development superiority, consulting services, and lightning prevention solutions are customized for each client.
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magnuslyons · 2 months
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CHEM Grounding Rod Designed With Lightning, Industries, Inspection And Refill In Mind
Sometimes, the harm caused by a single lightning hit or stray current becomes unaffordable. It not only damages your valuable equipment, but also human life. LEC’s grounding rod has considered as the best option in this regard. These CHEM rods are sure to reduce the risks of any valuable or human life more effectively than any other kind of grounding rods. With the most efficient earth interface, you can easily feel safe and secure during lightning.
Earthing is the process of creating an alternative path for the flow of fault/excessive current safety into the ground in the presence of minimal resistance or impedance. Our earthing system offers superior product life, it is cost effective and maintenance free.
Designed With Easy Inspection And Refill In Mind
An efficient grounding system is critical to personnel safety and uninterrupted operations. But conventional ground rods are typically insufficient for industrial uses where target resistance can be less than 1 ohm.
The CHEM-Rod solves problems found with conventional ground rods by requiring less real estate and fewer electrodes to meet specified resistance.
Designed With Lightning In Mind
High-frequency transient events like lightning force current flow to the surface of an object. In these events, electrodes with more surface area have less impedance.
A copper CHEM-Rod has about four times more surface area than a traditional grounding rod. This larger surface area helps create the low-impedance connection required to safely channel high-frequency lightning currents to earth.
As grounding standards have evolved to require lower resistance levels, better electrodes are needed. While old methods may have been adequate for grounding to 25 ohms, using the same methods to reach 1 ohm or even 5 ohms can be impractical if not simply impossible. An optimized grounding electrode like the CHEM-Rod can reach lower resistance levels with fewer electrodes than traditional methods, making it a more effective solution
Designed With Industries In Mind
Petrochemical, LNG, nuclear facilities, data centers, telecoms, broadcasting, process control and automation, corrections, hospitals, 911 call centers, government, military and defence installations, T&D operations, substations, wind turbines and more.
We are pioneers in lightning protection systems, surge protection systems & grounding systems. Connect with us to stay protected.
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barrywilkerson · 3 months
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Lightning surge protection devices are applied extensively on various industries, especially for those critical-mission industries. If you are interested in any of the applications get connected with our Lightning Eliminator team. Visit us at: https://www.lightningprotection.com/
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jamieriveraa · 3 months
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Lightning Surge Protection Devices For Every Mission-Critical Industry
Lightning surge protection devices are an indispensable part of lightning protection for electronic equipment. Its function is to limit the instantaneous overvoltage of the power line and signal transmission line to the voltage range that the equipment or system can withstand, or to discharge powerful excess lightning current into the ground.
The most reoccurring cause of surge is lightning. During a lightning storm, it may strike somewhere near a power source and affect the voltage running through it. When a lightning surge hits an electrical system, it damages the devices connected to it, resulting in a loss of efficiency.
The term surge protection device (SPD) describes electrical devices typically installed in power distribution panels, process control systems, communications systems, and other heavy-duty industrial systems, for protection against electrical surges and spikes, including those caused by lightning.
LEC provides an entire product line of lightning surge protection devices, like:
Facility guard for industrial service entrance and subpanel applications
The DC surge protector for protection of all DC applications to ensure maximum lightning safety
Data line protectors for low voltage telecom and control lines
Coaxial line protectors for protection of all types of coaxial line applications including antennas, microwaves, broadband, cellular systems, and GPS equipment
SPDs are classified according to their standards into three different types:
Type1 – this can discharge partial lightning currents and commonly employs spark gap technology. They are generally installed in the service entrance switchboard to protect low-voltage equipment from direct lightning strike overvoltage.
Type2 – this version can help prevent the spread of over-voltages in electrical installations and help protect connected equipment. They are fitted to all distribution panels that serve electrical equipment. They offer protection against the residual effects of lightning strikes and switching overvoltages.
Type3 – This are only required to be installed as a supplement to type2 and has a low discharge capacity. It's best suited for a location close to the protected equipment to further protect against switching transients generated within a facility.
Lightning surge protection devices are applied extensively on various industries, especially for those critical-mission industries. If you are interested in any of the applications get connected with our Lightning Eliminator team.
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Do you Know ?
The Importance of Electrical Safety in Chemical and Pharma Industries and Best Practices for Preventing Workplace Accidents. 
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https://www.jeftechno.com/blog/importance-of-electrical-safety-in-chemical-and-pharma-industries.php
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albgroupmy · 3 years
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ALB Group is your one source supplier for Lightning Protection, Earthing, Surge Protection and Exothermic Welding products. If you require any further information, get in touch with us at ( eMail: [email protected] ) or ( WhatsApp: +601.9728.9506 ) Visit us: www.albgroup.com.my #earthing #grounding #lightning #silfos #lightningprotection #lightningprotectionsystem #surgeprotectiondevice #surgeprotection #exothermicwelding #electricalsafety #anwallis https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSpnMFhyK6/?utm_medium=tumblr
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gpsindia01 · 4 years
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Genius Protection System is a professionally managed ISO certified Company engaged in providing cost effective solutions for Lightening Protection system in delhi, india. In a lightning protection system, a lightning rod is a single component of the system.
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Understanding Lightning Protection Systems: Ensuring Safety in India
Lightning can cause severe damage to buildings, leading to costly repairs and even endangering lives. A well-designed lightning protection system ensures that the energy from a lightning strike is safely diverted into the ground, protecting both the structure and its occupants. This is particularly crucial for high-rise buildings, industrial facilities, and historical monuments that are more susceptible to lightning strikes due to their height and prominence. For more information, you can call us at +91-9313916302.
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maxxreese · 1 month
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An Integrated Approach For Complete Lightning Rod Protection
LEC offers an advanced lightning protection solution with its patented Charge Transfer System (Dissipation Array System or DAS). Unlike traditional lightning rods, which focus on structural protection, LEC's system uses point discharge to lower the static field in a protection zone, reducing the risk of lightning strikes within that area. This modern approach, backed by over 50 years of experience, integrates expert consulting, engineering, and customized services to enhance lightning safety and efficiency for various industries.https://www.lightningprotection.com/
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masonlamb · 2 months
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Lightning Rod Protection For Complete Protection Of Your Facility
Lightning strike is a giant spark of electricity that travels between the atmosphere and the ground, or within the atmosphere itself. It’s one of the most powerful forces in nature! Thus lightning rod protection is a necessity.
What happens during lightning strikes?
Build-up: Inside a thunderstorm cloud, areas with positive and negative charges build up. Air normally acts as an insulator, preventing these charges from discharging.
Breakdown: When the charge difference gets strong enough, the air can no longer insulate, and a rapid discharge of electricity occurs – that’s the lightning strike!
The Flash: The discharge heats the air around it to an incredibly high temperature, causing it to glow brightly – that’s the visible lightning bolt we see.
Types of Strikes:
Lightning can travel between clouds (cloud-to-cloud), within a cloud (intra-cloud), or between a cloud and the ground (cloud-to-ground). Cloud-to-ground strikes are the ones that can be dangerous to people and objects on the ground.
First known lightning rod protection systems were invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1753. This type of lightning protectors were made up of a typically 6 metres high tapered copper rod which covered the structure in order to be protected and this rods were connected to two separate down conductors and two earthing system as well.
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With advancement in technology, and LEC’s research and development, the world now has the charge transfer system.
It provides a high level of charge dissipation. It is constructed of stainless steel and utilizes four stainless steel dissipation brushes attached to a single elevation conductor for higher dissipation on a single mount.
CTS collects the induced charge developed by thunderstorm clouds from a designated protected area of the earth and transfers this charge through the ionizer into the surrounding air, this preventing direct strike.
Lightning strikes can be a serious threat to your valuable electronics. Not only can they cause immediate damage, but they can also lead to long-term issues that may not be immediately apparent.             
We are Pioneers in:
Chemical Earthing Installations – For Industrial and Commercial Premises
Lightning Protection System – For Remote Terrains, Industrial and Commercial structures
Surge protection system – For Remote Terrains, Industrial and Commercial structures
To get lightning rod protection for your facility, connect with us.
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barrywilkerson · 3 months
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At LEC, we are fully aware of these risks and the need for a more proactive lightning protection system. With over 5 decades of experience, research and development, support and expertise, we have assisted thousands of businesses, both large and small, to achieve effective lightning protection. Visit us at: https://www.lightningprotection.com/
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jamieriveraa · 3 months
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How Can LEC Help In Lightning Protection?
In recent years, changes in the global environment, such as global warming, extreme weather conditions, heat islands, and other phenomenon has led to increased heavy rain and lightning. On the other hand, advanced precision electronic equipment has become the need of the hour for every facility. Thus, preventing equipment damage and breakdowns caused by direct lightning strikes through lightning protection system has become the need of the hour.
Lightning strike can cause a fire, explosion, chemical release or mechanical disruptions within or around your facility.
At LEC, we are fully aware of these risks and the need for a more proactive lightning protection system. With over 5 decades of experience, research and development, support and expertise, we have assisted thousands of businesses, both large and small, to achieve effective lightning protection.
Our LPS are engineered with advanced technology and consist of the four key components – air terminals, conductor/bonding, grounding, and transient/surge protection, while our patented LPS works on CTS (Charge Transfer System) technology.
The CTS collects the induced charge developed by thunderstorm clouds from a designated protected area of the earth and transfers this charge through the ionizer into the surrounding air. The resulting difference in electrical potential between the protected site and the storm clouds is reduced thereby delaying the formation of an upward streamer from the protected site and preventing direct strikes.
The charge collector is an interconnected system of grounding electrodes and conductor designed to collect and funnel electrical charge to the ionizers. One of our patented CTS is called Dissipation Array System (DAS).
How can LEC help?
We have a very efficient technical workforce. Our personnel are responsible for installing all types of lightning protection and surge protection systems. We have all resources, materials, and the latest plant, machinery, and vehicle to work on any size project – large scale to a remote mountaintop. Our work progress and quality of workmanship are monitored regularly through various control and testing systems.
We will complete a full site survey and then use the results to design a lightning protection system that would also include recommendations for surge protection.
Contact us to find out more.
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The purpose of Lightning Protection System audit is to conduct lightning risk assessment and determine the level of protection required to the structure/facility as per the latest relevant standards. LPS Adequacy audit helps to manage and mitigate the risk due to lightning and protect the life and assets.
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foggypeacestranger · 3 years
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Advanced Engineering in Grounding Rod for 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 location, wind turbines can attract lightning that result in fires, downtime and damaged electronics. A grounding system is one of the most important components required for appropriate LPSs in wind turbines. Ready to protect your wind turbine from the dangers of lightning strikes!
For any further questions or queries, Contact us for more details: https://www.lightningprotection.com/grounding-earthing/
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