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Making Your Home Unassailable to Lightning and Surges
As we all know that for the past 10-15 years, the safety industry has been brainstorming and researching the prominent concept of lightning protection and risk analysis.

For the past 10-15 years, the safety industry has been brainstorming and researching the prominent concept of lightning protection and risk analysis. Things started decades ago when Benjamin Franklin tracked down the mystery of electricity and lightning that simplified the research on this idea. Lightning strikes are the deadliest natural phenomenon, and the emerging worries over its devastating impact were always an alarming concern.

Do you stay in a lightning-prone area? There is no specific lightning-prone region, and lightning has happened almost everywhere in the world. It's just that lightning can happen without a sign warning! Anywhere! Anytime! They are intense orange, peeling flashes pouring down from the sky. 

Unlike other hazards, it's impractical even for a seismologist to precisely ascertain the exact point where the lighting can hit, but the lightning risk conditions can be determined based on the behaviour (distance and variation of atmospheric electrostatic fields) of previous lighting occurrences. More often, only the incorporation of a properly designed electric protection system is proficient enough to ensure the long life of both humans and their property.

To prevent structural damages, personal injuries, system downtime, equipment damage/malfunctioning, etc. thorough risk assessment of the site and further installation of standard-compliant lighting protection and surge suppression units are mandatory.

 

Adequate Lightning Protection System with the Conventional Lighting Protection Technology Recommended in All Latest Electric Safety Standards:

There is no technique to stop lightning from occurring, but the path it takes to reach the ground can be pre-established. We are at home for most of our time during the day, so it's important that we have our shelters installed with external and internal surge protection technology.

We can count on the proven lightning diverting system, including – the network of Air terminals, Downconductor, and Maintenance free earthing system set up to deal with this natural phenomenon and stay protected at all times. Comprehending the need to defend against lighting for homes, after considering standard recommending lightning protection technology and its risk assessment, JMV LPS Ltd. offer a conventional protection plan complying with IEC 62305. 

We install this system on the rooftop of the building/ structure where we have an air terminal electrically linked to the earthing system using the down conductor network so that the lightning preferentially hits the air terminal. A faraday's cage is formed around the entire structure in this coherent technology and is an efficient technique complying with the mandatory standards IEC 62305. 

Firstly, a proper risk assessment of the site/ area is to be conducted, and then the capture system is designed for the structure. For creating LPS for new buildings, you can install it during the construction phase when the conductors can go inside the concrete structure. Otherwise, the conductors shall run over the system practised for ages for an existing building. Lightning protection, a critical segment, seeks to install properly tested components per recommended standards to offer a low resistance path for the electric current. 

This will pave the way for the lighting strike to the ground through the down conductor, which is also made of conducting material. The above-recommended technique is proven to protect a wider area and is tested for the effectiveness of intercepting the lightning strikes by the capturing system will preserve the structure externally from direct lighting hits.

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Frequently Asked Question About Surge & Lightning Protection

Okay, now have you thought about the damaging surges encroaching inside your facility and indirectly reaching equipment within? As per IS/ IEC 61643, internal surge protection should always be incorporated with the lighting protection and is equally essential for the complete protection of your home to eliminate both direct and indirect surges.

Lightning is terrifically dangerous, and if you are looking to get lightning and surge protection designed for your structure – Do leave an email.