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Saturday 1 February 2014

Lightning rod.


Lightning Rod
Lightning arrester is a device used to deliver electricity from the lightning to the ground .
Lightning rod is necessary in order that the flow of electricity from the lightning can be ' tamed ' so as not to endanger the structure or living things .
These devices are often referred to as a lightning conductor or rod Franklin .
Lightning rod is widely used throughout the world as a lightning protection system
Lightning rod is considered effective for reducing fire -related losses and structural damage due to lightning strikes .
These devices are generally made of metal , ideally highly conductive metal such as copper .
When lightning struck the metal , electricity will be distributed through the wire leading to the ground ( grounding ) .
Lightning rod works by diverting power from vulnerable structures . That's because, this tool commonly mounted on the roof of the building .
Lightning rod should be connected with a wire or cable that will directly distribute electrical energy to the ground , rather than propagating through telephone or electrical wires that could lead to fires .
Benjamin Franklin is recognized as the inventor of the lightning rod .
Franklin did some experiments with lightning , including the use of kites dicanteli key . He is a scientist who is very interested in exploring lightning and electricity .
Realizing that lightning is a major threat , Franklin came up with the idea of ​​a lightning rod then immediately skyrocketed its popularity .
Hundreds of years later , people still use the basic design found Benjamin Franklin.
There is some debate over how the shape of the tip of the lightning rod . Franklin lightning rod design is shaped like a giant needle with a pointed end .
Many Americans like this design because it is very effective .
However , most of the British designer found a lightning rod would be better if the ball -shaped tip .
All of these design differences seem to work equally effectively .
Differences lightning rod end design is more determined by the preferences of each user .

Installation of Lightning Rod

Lightning rod is a circuit that functioned to maintain an area with a certain radius in order to avoid the danger of lightning
Lightning rod is composed of four types , namely ;
1 . Franklin type lightning rod Rod / convensional
2 . Radioactive lightning rod type electrotis
3 . Corona Ionization type of lightning rod
4 . Lightning arrester type the Faraday Cage
Convensional lightning rod :
Lightning rod is effectively used for narrow areas such as housing , buildings, gas stations , tower bts , etc.
Convensional lightning rod sytem is a string of which functioned as a lightning lane lines atu electrical charge generated from the flash of light striking the conductor ( Air terminal splitzen / spplitzen / spear lightning rod ) is installed on the end or on top of buildings and circulate through Kable bc to the grounding system in the chopped without damaging the objects in its path .
Components of a lightning rod convensional series are:

1 . Splitzen / Airterminal Splitzen / lightning spear

     Consists of 3 types of  ;
     A. splitzen with spear pointed tip with varying sizes
          adjusted to the needs or the area to be protected
          Size : for pipe/pole with a quasi three quarters in length of 30 cm, 25 cm,  
          and 60 cm.
                  : For pipe / pole with quasi 1 -in length of 30 cm, 25 cm, and 60 cm.
     Bs . Splitzen Trisula
         Splitzen Trident has a unique shape that is with 3 heads
         conductor which serves to receive a lightning strike with a certain radius .
         Size splitzen trident namely :
         Size : for pipe / pole with quasi 3/4 in
                 : For pipe / pole with a quasi- 1 in
    C . Splitzen Aluminum.
Splitzen aluminum base material is made of aluminum commonly used for the tower needs .
Splitzn ade ​​of pure copper base function will be compared with the current Babet made ​​many in the market , because it can not drain current Babet perfectly therefore , to achieve maximum results make no mistake selecting raw material as it will result in fatal .
To know the basic ingredients of splitzen enough to scrape the surface :
if the color of his skin changed color it white or pewter color ( silver ) it is made ​​of Babet and it is very dangerous if in contact with a bolt of lightning , as it will be easily broken but it also will not be able to drain current to the ground .
And if the skin is scraped red color arises from the material it is made ​​of copper and it is slpitzen that can be used for lightning protection conductors in the circuit .

2 . Cable conductor / Kable BC

Conductor cable made ​​of braided copper wire . Diameter conductor braided cable
about 1 cm to 2 cm . Conductor cable to continue the flow of electric charge function
of electrical charge to the ground rod . The conductor cable installed on the wall
on the outside of the building .

3 . Lightning-rod .

      Usually made of iron pipe with threaded or quasi adjusted with
      the size of the lightning rod that will be used .

4 . Clam bc .

      This tool is used to connect the circuit cable bc lightning rod .

5 . Ardeu + eart rod clamp .

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DatePublished: February 01, 2014 at 19:52
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