Considering these numbers, it's essential for every organization to analyze facilities and operations to identify lightning vulnerability. Designs and operational means to deflect potential accidents ...

Lightning Protection Institute provides the highest standards and guidelines for the design, installation and inspection of lightning protection systems.

NFPA-780: Standard for Installation of Lightning Protection Systems calculations indicate that a boat with a 50-ft mast is likely to be struck one time in an 11.2-year period. This may not be a ...

I have previously prepared and have available a “Design Manual for Antenna Systems — Grounding, Bonding and Lightning Protection” for when constructing new facilities is anticipated; it is also useful ...

A lightning protection system gives electrical discharges an easy path to the earth, usually routing it around the outside of the structure. At its most basic, it consists of a metal lightning rod ...

Franklin-type lightning rods protect WTIs against direct lightning strikes. But complete lightning protection in accordance with IEC 61024-1 only comes through the use of a lightning current arrester.

Lightning hitting airplanes is commonplace and, though lightning has downed several commercial aircraft, it rarely leads to catastrophe thanks to modern protection systems.

Installing a lightning protection system is generally not a do-it-yourself project, although components are available over the Internet (one business that sells lightning protection equipment and ...

NASA released a video that shows over 10 years of lightning bolts striking the protection system at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.