Grounding and lightning protection news, 11/19/2015

Recently we had a chance to talk with a specialist engaged in the design of lightning protection and grounding systems. He shared some interesting information with us and talked about the problems that arise in the course of his work. 

Learn more from the interview on our website!

Glass buildings are very popular nowadays. Like any other structures, glass facades also need a reliable lightning pro-tection, which is not so easy to design.

Please look at the real-life case of lightning protection calculation for an office building in St. Petersburg!

Sometimes vertical ground electrode systems are not required to carry out a reliable grounding. There are facilities where grounding tape laid along the perimeter of the building is enough as the resistance will be at the proper level.

Click the link to see an example of such facility.

Cathodic protection systems is a modern and a very popular method of pipeline corrosion protection. However, such systems are also subject to negative effects of AC originating from surrounding objects.

So what to do? Here's the answer!

Despite the fact that standards do not require the mandatory installation of lightning strike counters, the information they collect is extremely useful for the lightning protection system efficiency and the power grid as a whole. Read more deta-ils!