Electrostatics
Application of Lightning Rod
What is a Lightning Rod?
How Lightning rods work?
Lightning
When a lightning hits the building, the lightning rod will prevent the building from getting damaged.
Exceptions wen making the lightning rod
the vertical rod must not be longer than 15m, include an overhead ground wire to help grounding the lightning.
Protection system
A wire connected from the building to the ground to help grounding.
The importance of lightning rod
The purpose of lightning rod is not to attract lightning, a lightning rod on a tall building is to also help the community around it. The rod will bleed charge off the storm, as a result it does not strike. It will let the lightning hit the lightning rod while grounding it, instead of letting the lighting to hit somewhere else and make damages on other buildings and objects.
Angela Pei
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