Lightning Protection Ground Wire

Preventable mistakes in the electrical grounding system can leave it vulnerable to ground faults side flashes and electronic noise any of which could.

Lightning protection ground wire.

Since our beginning thompson has sought to be the industry leader in manufacturing the highest quality conductors and components. Trusted to protect since 1910. Innovative installer friendly components make harger the leading provider of lightning protection equipment. Bulkhead mount protectors have a longer connector and hardware to mount it through the grounding panel.

There are a few options for how to install lightning protection. Generally if you have a metal antenna mount on your roof that is over 5 feet tall you will want to ground that using a long copper wire. Since 1960 harger has been providing solutions to the lightning protection and grounding industries. One wire of the feedline connects to the base of the antenna and the other connects to ground.

This is required only for certain types of antennas ones which require current flow to ground to complete the antenna circuit. In fact some of the world s tallest structures such as the willis. Using two different earth ground systems for lightning protection is as bad as having no lightning protection at all. Grounding rods plates bars and more.

Lightning protection fasterners hardware. A second copper stake driven into the earth for the signal carrying wires is a separate earth ground system. These products are also backed by the foremost lightning protection design department in the world today. While an effective air termination device and above ground lightning protection system is critical to effective protection proper grounding can keep people and products out of harm s way.

Harger has long been one of the leading providers of structural lightning protection for commercial buildings. See the tis page on lightning protection c. A wire from the antenna mount to a grounding source described below or a surge arrester. We have experience in all facets of these markets including engineering systems design product manufacturing and installation.

An example is a quarter wave vertical. For the building s ground system the main electrical wire entry already has a copper stake driven into the earth. Lightning protection through roof. Flange mount protectors anchor to a grounding panel with both connectors parallel to a flat surface.