Lightning Protection Ground Wire

An example is a quarter wave vertical.

Lightning protection ground wire.

See the tis page on lightning protection c. Harger has long been one of the leading providers of structural lightning protection for commercial buildings. A wire from the antenna mount to a grounding source described below or a surge arrester. These products are also backed by the foremost lightning protection design department in the world today.

Lightning protection through roof. The connection to ground. Polyphaser protectors are available in two mounting styles. A second copper stake driven into the earth for the signal carrying wires is a separate earth ground system.

Grounding rods plates bars and more. Flange mount protectors anchor to a grounding panel with both connectors parallel to a flat surface. In fact some of the world s tallest structures such as the willis. Using two different earth ground systems for lightning protection is as bad as having no lightning protection at all.

Since our beginning thompson has sought to be the industry leader in manufacturing the highest quality conductors and components. Since 1960 harger has been providing solutions to the lightning protection and grounding industries. One wire of the feedline connects to the base of the antenna and the other connects to ground. We have experience in all facets of these markets including engineering systems design product manufacturing and installation.

Polyphaser coaxial lightning protectors are designed for general single transmitter use in the 1 5 to 700 mhz frequency range. Bulkhead mount protectors have a longer connector and hardware to mount it through the grounding panel. For the building s ground system the main electrical wire entry already has a copper stake driven into the earth. Lightning protection fasterners hardware.

There are a few options for how to install lightning protection. Innovative installer friendly components make harger the leading provider of lightning protection equipment. While an effective air termination device and above ground lightning protection system is critical to effective protection proper grounding can keep people and products out of harm s way. Preventable mistakes in the electrical grounding system can leave it vulnerable to ground faults side flashes and electronic noise any of which could.