Lightning arresters for buildings

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Anonymous Poster	Lightning arresters for buildings 08/31/2008 11:16 AM
	how to decide the size, type of lightening arresters for buildings and what should be the distance between two lightening arrestes?
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wareagle Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 1604 Good Answers: 63	#1 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 08/31/2008 9:00 PM
	Are you asking about protecting the exterior of the building or are you asking about protecting the internal wiring?
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Sparkstation Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Christchurch, (The Garden City), South Island, New Zealand Posts: 4395 Good Answers: 230	#2 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 08/31/2008 10:19 PM
	Hello "Guest", If you register at - It's free and only takes a minute or less, then you can enter your location & Country into your personal Profile, and reply to this Topic. Lightning Protection is a complex subject, and many different factors are needed to be known, before you may receive a proper answer. Reply here, after registering at along with Kind Regards.... __________________ "The number of inventions increases faster than the need for them at the time" - SparkY
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popoy12345 Active Contributor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 17	#3 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 09/01/2008 12:09 AM
	Dear Guest, You have to conduct lightning risk assesment. That is the first step. I would refer you to BS 6651
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peter swanston Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 7	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 09/01/2008 1:43 AM
	Best arrestor on the market today is Canadian made Clean Volt product that we used on our Tridel Properties mimcv.com
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Current Maarey Power-User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: East Posts: 117 Good Answers: 6	#6 In reply to #3 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 10/21/2008 2:32 AM
	popoy12345 Please note that the refered BS 6651 has been withdrawn and replaced with IEC 62305. It is termed as BSI BS EN 62305. __________________ Atlas Shrugged - JGD
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popoy12345 Active Contributor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 17	#7 In reply to #6 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 10/21/2008 5:40 AM
	Thanks for the information Current Maarey..
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Anonymous Poster	#5 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 10/20/2008 3:51 PM
	Here 1st I would like to have a clear Idea about your Question. There are several global standards for protecting the building from lightning. can u pls mention the country. Building Area and its height. To optimize the cost you can run horizontal cu flat along the parapet of the building and drop the down conductor at some intervel according to the perimeter of the building and finaly terminat to earthpit. Otherwise now a days lightning masts are available like Erico, etc.. you can suggest that, but it's expensive. That you have to decide according to customer.
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Anonymous Poster	#8 Re: Lightning arresters for buildings 10/31/2008 11:59 AM
	how do i know the primeter coverage of an installed lightning arrestor installed in my house
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