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That's lightning protection, not grounding
Yes.Magnettica said:Is any part of the lightning protection system required to be attached to GEC?
Grounding Is all about lightning.That's lightning protection, not grounding
I would say all of it.Is any part of the lightning protection system required to be attached to GEC?
How many power savers did you try to talk them Into?RIVETER said:I am on my way back to the hospital to spend the night with my father-in-law but thought that I'd stop and ask a question. Today, I was looking out of the fourth floor window and noticed that there were lightning rods...points about 10 feet apart all around the perimeter of the second floor; Also tied into the loop were all of the roof mount hood fan covers with a very large gage wire. It all was tied EVEN to the metal dome roof drains. Down the hall I looked out the window there and no grounding/bonding at all. I've never done a hospital. Why the difference? I have to leave now so I'll look in later.
Don't lighting rods increase the risk of a lightning strike to start with?I have seen it on older sections of hospitals, but not usually on the newer sections. Don't know why, it seems to be a lost art.
The point of a lightning rod is to divert the strike not eliminate them.Don't lighting rods increase the risk of a lightning strike to start with?
The point of a lightning rod is to divert the strike not eliminate them.
The leaders are given a way to neutralize themselves instead of having a strike directly on the building. There are plenty of videos on this out there. I do agree that some is just theory though. Look up Thompson lightning. They claim to be the best"I know, but hasn't it been proven lightning is more likely to hit a building with rods then without them?