Lightning Protection System Installation Safety Report

Lightning protection system at a launch pad at cape canaveral air force station.

Lightning protection system installation safety report. Lightning protection installation report. The top of the light terminal shall be installed at least 2 meters over the area that it protects including antennas refrigerating towers roofs and tanks. However when the differences in charges becomes too great this insulating capacity of the air breaks down and there. Nfpa publishes document 780 titled standard for the installation of lightning protection systems considered the national design guide for complete lightning protection systems in the united states.

27 0 11 786 4818 fax no. 50 adjunct prof tony sung. Protection systems by a lightning protection system installation safety report to include a lightning protection system maintenance certificate to change two definitions and to correct the number of a normative reference and a drawing. Report contents dec 2012 slide no.

712 6th street wynberg gauteng south africa. A typical risk assessment reporta typical risk assessment report dec 2012 slide no. Lightning protection lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere or between the atmosphere and the ground. New information from a recent test program discusses alternative nonstandard materials for use that achieves levels of protection comparable to industry standards.

Life safety circuits. The following is a recommended document of all lps installations. This report discusses design applications of lightning protection systems to military tactical mobile communications equipment. Nfpa published its first document on lightning protection in 1904.

The national fire protection assoc. Expect to pay between 60 and 2 500 per rod with simple rods being on the lower end and an early streamer emission air terminal on the higher end the cost depends on the selection of material copper vs. In the initial stages of development air acts as an insulator between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud and the ground. 27 0 11 786 4819 email.

Lightning protection system design and installation reviewand installation review organised by prof yp du dr tony sung bsc. As the installation of lightning rods is a protection system it is very important that it is performed by technically qualified personnel and under the current regulations. Aluminum the type and. A lightning protection system is designed to protect a structure from damage due to lightning strikes by intercepting such strikes and safely passing their extremely high currents to ground.