Lightning Surge Protection Articles
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Considerations in the Protection of Cellular Radio Sites
The need for effective lightning and surge protection on telecommunications towers regardless of configuration and geographic location can not be underestimated. This paper presents evidence to support the above statement. 1. Introduction The merits of installing effective lightning and surge protection on telecommunications towers, along with adopting good grounding and bonding practices are ...
By Raycap
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Why Schools Need Lightning Detectors
On May 6, 2015 two spectators of a high school soccer game were struck by lightning. On this particular occasion, the grandparents of Pocohontos Middle School in Henrico County, Virginia were lucky in that they survived the lightning strike. Sadly in the same year, Francois Clarence was not so lucky when lightning struck at his school. Francois, 17 years old, was playing field hockey at his ...
By SkyScan USA
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Helplessly exposed to nature? How lightning storms can be measured
Each day, there occur about 1,000 thunderstorms with 4-10 million lightning bolts worldwide. In average, 700 people per year are hit by such light discharges, of which 75% of the hits result in long-term damages. Between three and seven cases end fatal. The risk is particularly high in the open field and is fortunately decreasing. The reason for this is that we stay more often inside in cars and ...
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Application Note - BTD-300 for Aviation
Thunderstorms are reported in US Federal Aviation standard according to the location of lightning. For automatic reports, the distances are in nautical miles. Thunderstorms producing lightning within 5 nautical miles (9 km) of the site are considered as overhead, with the METAR code TS. Thunderstorms between 5-10 nautical miles (9-19 km) are defined as being in the vicinity (VCTS). For these two ...
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Brooksville Florida Solar Installation Case Study
Patriot Solar Group worked with a residential customer in Brooksville Florida to create a post driven ground mount system that may be susceptible to high wind conditions during tornado and hurricane seasons. Patriot Solar Group supplied everything from racking, to panels, inverters and all balance of systems (BOS), including combiner boxes, grounding applications, and lightning arrestors. The 28 ...
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