How Lightning Protection is Important
How Lightning Protection is Important A Lightning protection system helps for preventing property damage from the effects of a lightning strike. It provides a means for controlling and preventing damages by providing a low resistance path for the discharge of lightning energy. In this blog, we describe Lightning protection technique that reduces the lightning strike effect. What is lightning Arrester and how it works As a general term, a lightning arrester or lightning arrestor is a conductive device that allows lightning to ground quickly with the help of low resistance earthing. It has the ability to ground the potential charges which occur during lightning. How it works: A lightning strike is an electric discharge between the atmosphere and a conductive object. These kinds of behaviours mostly originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and defuse on the ground. About 25% of all lightning events worldwide are striking between the atmosphere and earth-bound objects. There are three types of lightning strike comes with the power of potential damages Direct lightning Strike: It has huge potential to damages any object which will come in the range of a direct strike. A human threat can be resulting in internal burns, organ damage, explosions of flesh and bone, and nervous system damage. It can also result in the contact injury, side splash, blast injury to any living things. Humans and animals may quickly die due to this direct lightning strike. It can also harm your electrical and electronics appliances very easily. Indirect lightning Strike: Because the ground has high impedance, the current u201cchooseu201d a better conductor, often a personu2019s legs, passing through the body. It will also result in more injuries, deaths, and Hallucinations may be induced in people located within 200 meters of a severe lightning storm. For the electrical equipment, this indirect lightning strike can flow through the wires and cable connected to the appliances directly or indirectly. Secondary or resultant lightning strike: It may result in Explosions, Fires, and Accidents could be the cases.
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