The starting point in lightning protection system design is an assessment and calculation of the actual risk from a potential lightning-related damage. Lightning Eliminators provides comprehensive lightning risk assessments and lightning protection plans that will help to ensure that a lightning strike will not cause catastrophic failures, injuries or fatalities at equipment facilities. Our lightning risk assessment and proposed lightning protection plans illustrate the current risks and necessary steps that should be taken in order to meet international standards and guidelines.
Possible consequences of lightning striking on an unprotected building include:
- Lightning traveling through the walls, instantly turning any moisture into steam (this can result in a high-pressure explosion of concrete walls).
- Lightning sparking fires.
- Lightning damaging or destroying electronic devices/systems within the building.
We provide solutions that don’t collect a strike, because that is equally as dangerous as the consequences of not protecting your facilities or it could end up costing you more than you ever.
Our lightning protection design plan for you:
- Assess your environment- What components need protection?
- Talk with an expert for a complete a risk assessment.
- Test your environment.
- Make sure the solution is designed to suite your needs.
- Estimate the cost of loss of product, damages, workflow and potential liability and regulatory fines? Do you know what an hour or even a day of down time would cost you?
- If you have an LPS implemented please maintain and inspect it annually if not more often.
- Include lightning protection in your planning!
One important thing to remember is that lightning protection design solutions should be tailored to the needs of the individual facility. When analysing lightning risk, LEC engineers start by asking the client about their goal – particularly if the answer is to avoid any lightning-related problems at all, then the engineering group does an on-site design study to analyse vulnerabilities and formulate a tailored solution.
Risk analysis should include grounding as well. LEC’s Smart Ground test analyses the in-situ grounding environment and compares the actual measurements to an electro-geometric computer model of the system being tested.
Ask about our Lightning Protection design risk assessment. Contact us to book a slot!