Electrical substations utilize direct lightning stroke shielding to help ensure proper operation, and to prevent costly damages and extended outages. While modern substation designs and equipment make ...

Residential PV systems are generally installed on the rooftop of residential buildings, with a large metal surface area, higher distance from the ground and an exposed location. Such PV systems are ...

Harger Lightning & Grounding proudly introduces its new Ground Rod Driver. The Ground Rod Driver provides a safe, simple, effective and affordable way to install ground rods. The Ground Rod Driver ...

Lightning protection in photovoltaic (PV) systems is a critical area of study as these installations are increasingly exposed to atmospheric discharges that can substantially disrupt energy production ...

Lightning is one of the main paths for electrons to return from the atmosphere to the earth's surface. As in all electron flow, lightning is a form of current flow. Enormously high voltages (Table 1) ...

The requirements for installing lightning protection systems were featured in the October 2016 issue of Electrical Currents from the Washington State Department of ...

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Florida is the state where lightning strikes, and it is more than twice. With summer bringing multiple thunderstorms weekly the chances for tree damage are quite possible. Lightning protection systems ...