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Why You Should You Install Lightning Protection Systems
Perhaps you are thinking that lightning does not strike twice in the same place. The truth is that lighting can strike twice in the same place. And most of the time they strike more than once. Lighting can come back again and again if the conditions that have attracted them for the first time which is a cloud to ground attraction is still there.
The power of lightning is very destructive and this is why it can bring many harmful effects. It can carry hundreds of millions of volts, potentially. Lightning can melt and vaporize metals, burst bricks and stones shatter concrete, split wood and more. If you are to have a lightning protection system, then it should protect your home against these types of damages.
Each year damages due to lightning reach several hundred million dollars. And it is not only property that is damaged, lives are lost and people get severely injured when hit. These serious damages and injuries and death can be prevented if there is proper lightning protection in the home.
Having a lightning rod system in your home can best protect your home. If a lightning rod system is properly designed, installed and grounded in the home, it will prove a safe, effective, and reliable protection for your structure. NO matter what the size, location, or construction of your home is, your home can be immune from damages caused when lightning strikes.
Lightning protection systems use materials that are conductors. With the lightning protection system is in place, electricity from received by the lightning rod when the lightning hits it is quickly discharged harmlessly to the ground. Since electricity is harmlessly discharged to the ground, home residents will not even be aware that their home has been struck by lightning.
If you think that trees can protect your home from lightning, then you are mistaken since they don’t conduct electricity well. If your trees are struck by lightning then it has a potential to damage your home if the current follows a ground voltage route to it. Lightning protection to your trees is thus also important.
Lightning rods and surge protectors should be installed in your home to protect it from lighting. Today lightning protection systems are undetectable. You cannot actually see them from the ground. You can conceal your lightning protection system within your walls and the only thing that can be seen is the roof top air terminals.
You have to see to it that your lightning protection system in installed properly. It should only be installed by a trained expert. Improperly installed lightning can cause sparks that may result in fire, death or injury. It is not good to install these things yourself. Installation experts will adhere to the requirements of national safety standards when they install the system for you.
