What lightning rod to choose: mast, catenary wire or mesh?

What lightning rod to choose: mast, catenary wire or mesh?

Starting the calculation and design of external lightning protection, the choice of air terminal type can be a real problem.

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Have a question? Let's discuss!

Have a question? Let's discuss!

We recently redesigned the commenting system on our website and are pleased to offer you to use it!

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Interview with the designer № 1

Interview with the designer № 1

Dear designers, we are pleased to share an interesting material with you! Recently we were lucky to take part in a dialogue with the designer, during which we received answers to questions about design of lightning protection and grounding.

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Video recording of the webinar

Video recording of the webinar "Modern lightning protection. International experience"

July 29, 2015, the third webinar, held by the project ZANDZ.ru together with Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc, USA. This time, the speaker representative of the LEC, Peter Carpenter paid less attention to explaining the principles of the Dissipation Array System system. Learn more from the video of the webinar!

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Why is lightning strike counter useful?

Why is lightning strike counter useful?

Despite the fact that the installation of such devices is not necessary from the point of view of current standards on lightning protection and electrical and fire safety, counters of lightning strikes are extremely useful for the entire lightning protection system efficiency.

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How to escape from a storm?

How to escape from a storm?

What to do if you got caughty by storm? ZANDZ.ru collected a set of rules, which should be followed during a storm to be in safety.

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For the estimator to calculate grounding and lightning protection

For the estimator to calculate grounding and lightning protection

The project passed to the estimator, contains information on all materials required in the course of work and all the necessary volumes. Fortunately, ZANDZ.ru project includes on its website a huge amount of materials that will be useful to any estimator for the calculation of grounding and lightning protection.

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Lightning protection of building made of glass

Lightning protection of building made of glass

Nowadays glass buildings are very popular both inside and outside the city. Like any other buildings, glass facades are also in need of a reliable lightning protection. Of course, such a design requires a special, thoughtful solution. 

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POE lightning protection

POE lightning protection

Like any other type of low-current network, ethernet-network is particularly exposed to surges as a result of weather conditions

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For the electricians-beginners: TN-C, TN-S, TN-C-S, TT and IT grounding systems

For the electricians-beginners: TN-C, TN-S, TN-C-S, TT and IT grounding systems

We have good news for you! There is a useful article on our site - "TN-C, TN-S, TN-C-S, TT, IT grounding systems".

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Welcome to the new webinar!

Welcome to the new webinar!

Next Wednesday, 29 July at 16:00 Moscow time, a new webinar on modern lightning protection will be held. Sign up and invite your colleagues! It will be interesting!

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An interesting device to remove static voltage

An interesting device to remove static voltage

The company Newson Gale from the United States offers simple and easy-to-use solutions for use in areas with explosive substances: chemical plants, refineries, gas stations and so on.

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SPDs for railway systems from DEHN

SPDs for railway systems from DEHN

The company DEHN developed a special SPD BLITZDUCTOR® BVT RZD Typ1 for the Russian Railways. The device is designed for surge protection of signal lines in the systems that regulate and ensure the safety of movement of trains.

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What does lightning protection consist of?

What does lightning protection consist of?

Properly designed and installed system of external lightning protection minimizes the chance of a direct lightning strike into an object and keeps it safe. And what components of external lightning protection exist?

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Pipeline protection from surges and pick up effects

Pipeline protection from surges and pick up effects

Cathodic protection - common modern method of preventing corrosion of the pipeline due to the impact of various external factors. However, the system of cathodic protection is also subject to negative impacts of AC originating from surrounding objects.

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Great speciality for construction electricians!

Great speciality for construction electricians!

In the catalog ZANDZ.ru there apeared a speciality, that construction electrical and builders will like especially. We are talking about a new device for straightening wire and grounding bars - ZANDZ ZZ-510-700! Find out more in our announcement!

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Grounding in 30 minutes!

Grounding in 30 minutes!

It is possible to make grounding for a single-family house or summer cottages, spending a minimum of time and money thanks to ZANDZ modular grounding system! We offer you to consider the queston of organizing grounding for a country house on a real example!

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What a dissipation array system is?

What a dissipation array system is?

What does this dissipation array system represent itself? Find out the answer to this question in our new material!

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Distance from the ground electrode to....?

Distance from the ground electrode to....?

One of the most popular questions in the organization of grounding is the question about the distance to the object, which should be followed when installing the ground electrode. Let us study this question with the help of the following regulatory documents.

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Video recording of the webinar Modern lightning protection. Dissipation Array System

Video recording of the webinar Modern lightning protection. Dissipation Array System

As at first webinar, at the beginning of the meeting the attention was paid to the physics of lightning - its nature, then we were talking about modern lightning protection used in the US and other countries of the world - namely, Dissipation Array® System, which presents itself devices that prevent formation of lightning over the protected object.

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New products from GALMAR in ZANDZ.com catalogue

New products from GALMAR in ZANDZ.com catalogue

In the ZANDZ.ru catalogue there appeared new products from GALMAR, which will be especially liked by electrical installation companies, builders and those who are associated with the installation in some way.

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Classification of objects for lightning protection

Classification of objects for lightning protection

Depending on the type, destination and possible consequences of a lightning strike, the objects refer to different classes (levels) of protection. And depending on the duration and thunderstorm activity in the location of the building or structure, the category of lightning protection is determined. For convenience, we present to your attention two tables from regulatory documents!

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Webinar video

Webinar video "Answers to your questions about grounding and lightning protection"

Perhaps one of the most exciting webinar with Prof. Edward Meerovitch Bazelyan on the design of grounding and lightning protection was held the recent Wednesday. This is primarily due to the fact that the online meeting was based on questions which we received during the webinars.

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Grounding and lightning protection for a medical center

Grounding and lightning protection for a medical center

The next task of determining solutions for the organization of grounding and lightning protection was performed by our technical specialists. This time it was necessary to determine a set of measures for the building of a polyclinic in the city of Moscow. See more in our article!

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Two events that cannot be missed!

Two events that cannot be missed!

Super important webinars for designers will be held in the near future. Find out more in our announcement!

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