4 Ways To Minimise And Even Eliminate Lightning Damage

Do you know that a Lightning protection system designed and installed to international standards reduces the risk of lightning damage to a structure and the systems and people within it?

The cost of lightning damage is downtime, reduced production, and industrial electronic repairs or replacement costs.  There are some things you can do to help minimize lightning damage:

1. Diversion:  ground metallic structures
2. Attenuation:  careful wiring such as metallic raceways, cable shields, twisted pairs, extensive grounding and earthing
3. Surge Protector: Lightning damage can be caused through power surges called “transients,” which happen when lightning strikes nearby, hitting transmitting devices such as metallic plant equipment, pipes, or wiring.  Even the magnetic field associated with lightning can affect computers nearby, causing damage that might not show up until days or weeks later. Install up-to-date surge protection devices at each point close to the equipment to be protected or where the conductor enters and leaves a structure.
4. The best protection from lightning damage to a building is also the oldest: Lightning protection system. Full lightning protection systems with grounding and surge protection devices for buildings and other structures can be designed, manufactured, and installed by LEC so as to divert high levels of electrical current generated by lightning strikes from the area of protection.

We have 3 individual product lines that can be integrated together for a comprehensive lightning protection system.

These product lines include lightning prevention products like our Dissipation Array Systems (DAS), Spine Ball Ionizers (SBI), Spine Ball Terminals (SBT), Streamer Delaying Air Terminals (SDAT), Grounding and Surge solutions.

By installing the Dissipation Array System, patented by LEC, you can limit the build-up of static charge in the protection area and discourage secondary and EMP effects, damage to equipment, and disruptions in operations caused by direct or nearby lightning strikes, thereby enhancing site reliability.

Certified specialists will install Lightning Protection Systems on your property in accordance with the national safety standards of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to protect it from lightning strikes. Our systems shield your facility by eliminating the streamer formation over the protected area, thus preventing lightning damage.

Contact LEC for a design tailored to your facility’s requirements.

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