#LightningProtectionSystems

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An Integrated Approach For Complete Lightning Rod Protection

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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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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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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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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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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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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Do you Know ?

The Importance of Electrical Safety in Chemical and Pharma Industries and Best Practices for Preventing Workplace Accidents. 

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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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Gear Up For Complete Surge Protection This Season

A typical lightning flash contains about 300 million volts of electricity. The volts and amperes in a direct hit may cause the most damage of the high-voltage transient. Going without a surge protection is an expensive and frequent dangerous gamble. Surge protection comes in many forms and can vary depending on the application. It meets every industry requirement, regardless of the exposure risk. Surge protectors from Lightning Eliminators & Consultant Inc. have excellent designs that offer more outlets at comparable prices. Feel free to visit us at: https://www.lightningprotection.com/lightning-surge-protection-devices-lec/

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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.

[barrywilkerson]

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/

[jamieriveraa]

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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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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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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Power Line And Data Line SPD Protection - Selection Tips Power Line - Most of the power line protectors used in AC power low voltage applications, especially those used in Main DB & Sub DB are connected parallel to the load. Data Line-All the data line protectors are connected in series to the load, though the basic protection components- Viz. Gas Discharge Tubes (GDT), Metal Oxide Varistors.

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Considering Lightning Rod Protection

A lightning protection system functions by intercepting the direct lightning strike energy as it hits near a structure and safely diverting it to the Earth. Lightning phenomena is roughly based on the discharge of huge charge regions high in the atmosphere into the Earth. If you are considering lightning rod protection, your best bet is to talk to a lightning protection specialist such as LEC as every site and budget will have different considerations.For any further questions or queries, Contact us for more details: https://www.lightningprotection.com/products/