Can I Install my Lightning Arrester myself, or shall I get it installed by our electrician is a usual question people ask us during our interactions with general customers. Even a good number of our clients ask the same question about getting it installed by their regular electrician or technicians.
And we always tell them that not installing a Lightning Arrester is better than incorrectly getting Lightning Arrester installed.
Installation matters!
So, you got the answer, and the answer is a Clear Big & Loud NO.
It sounds simple to mount a Lightning Arrester on a pole and connect it to the ground earthing. But it is not simple though it sounds simple. It is a matter of high risk directly involving Life and death to have an incorrectly installed Lightning Arrester on your rooftop.
It could be the biggest blunder one could ever do with his property and the lives of his dear ones and other inhabitants living on that property.
Before we proceed further, let's understand the Lightning.
Lightning is a sudden burst of energy in the sky resulting due to the interaction of two opposite-charged ions. These oppositely charged ions may be in the two separate clouds hovering over the ground or maybe in the same cloud, or it may happen between the earth and the cloud.
Lightning, when strikes any building or structure or anywhere else on the ground, it destroys the things/objects, etc. whatever finally comes its way.
How to protect ourselves and our property from Lightning Hazards?
We can easily protect ourselves and our property from Lightning by installing a complete Lightning Protection System safely covering our property in its protection range.
From where shall I get my Lightning Protection System designed?
True Power designs and installs a complete Lightning Protection System. The Lightning Protection System should have been designed by experienced and qualified engineers/experts of the subject in strict compliance with IEC 60365, NFC 17-102, NFPA 780 US, and UNE 21186.
The Lightning Protection Systems are always designed as per the Level of Protection one requires. Accordingly, one should discuss the matter first with the Lightning Protection Designing team and then only should proceed further. An incorrect Level of Lightning Protection System cannot provide one with the type of protection one is looking for.
What does the Lightning Protection System include?
A Lightning Protection System includes Lightning Arresters, Down Conductors, Earthing Strips, Strike counters, Maintenance free Chemical Earthing, and other Lightning accessories like clamps, brackets, etc, required for proper installation of Lightning Protection System.
What is a Lightning Arrester?
A Lightning Arrester is a device that gathers/collects lightning about to strike in the near vicinity and safely dissipates it to the ground earthing via the down conductors.
There are two types of Lightning arresters.
The conventional Lightning Arresters used in earlier days were of brass/copper, and were hollow/solid rods with spikes on their top. They may have a single spike or four to five spikes. These Lightning Arresters have a range of 5-7 meters and come into action when the lightning precisely strikes them.
ESE Lightning Arresters are modern and advanced Lightning Arresters that get activated much before the actual Lightning formation takes place in the near vicinity and draws the pre-mature Lightning formation in its early stage towards it and safely grounds it to the ground earthing before it could result in any destruction.
ESE Lightning Arresters are available in different protection ranges from 35 mtrs to 107 mtrs and are much more better and effective than the earlier days of conventional lightning arresters.
What happens if one incorrectly installs the Lightning Arresters?
It could be disastrous and devastating. As one stays under the impression that one is safe and protected, while it is not so and is highly vulnerable to Lightning strikes.
Secondly, the major reason is that the Lightning Arresters over the roof-top will attract the lightning towards them but will badly fail to handle it properly and to ground it safely to the ground earthing resulting in complete and inevitable destruction.
In other words, an incorrectly installed Lightning Arrester on your rooftop makes you a confirmed victim of lightning strikes. It will attract the Lightning towards it, which could have otherwise struck somewhere else rather than at your property.
So never commit the mistake of installing your Lightning Arrester yourself or by some untrained or unskilled person. It could be fatal.
True Power, India's No.1 Chemical Earthing and Lightning Arresters Manufacturer is the most trusted and relied upon Lightning Protection System Designer and installer. With over a Lakh of installations across PAN India and selected countries in the last 15 years with flawless performance, it has become the first choice of masses from the common-man to the most sensitive sites like military installations, hospitals, oil & gas plants, refineries, research and data centers, etc. to name a few here.
Talk to us today to get your Lightning Protection System designed by us to stay safe and protected forever.