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ARTICLES RELATED TO Lightning rod - Arrestors | | | |  Lightning rod - Arrestors: Encyclopedia II - Lightning rod - ArrestorsA lightning arrestor is a device that shunts or diverts the massive voltage and electrical current of a lightning strike to an earthed ground. Electrical equipment can be protected from lightning by an arrester, a device that contains one or more gas-filled spark gaps between the equipment's cables and earth. An arrester is designed to handle much higher jolts of electricity than a surge protector, ...
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| | | | Lightning rod - Arrestors: Encyclopedia II - Lightning rod - Construction and uses A lightning rod is connected via a low-resistance wire or cable to the earth or water below, where the charge may be safely dissipated. Lightning rods sometimes possess a short circuit to the ground that is interrupted by a thin non-conductor over which lightning jumps. Ideally, the underground part of the assembly should reside in a muddy area, or an area that tends to become so during storms. If the underground cable will resist corrosion well, it may be covered in sal ...
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| | | | Lightning rod - Arrestors: Encyclopedia II - Lightning rod - Lightning Prevention Nikola Tesla's U.S. Patent 1,266,175 was an early improvement in lightning protectors. The patent was granted due to a fault in Franklin's original theory of operation; the pointed lightning rod actually ionizes the air around itself, rendering the air conductive, which in turn raises the probability of a strike. Many years after receiving his patent, in 1919 Dr. Tesla wrote an article for The Electrical Experimenter entitled "Famous Scientific Illusions", in which he explains the logic of Franklin's pointed lightning rod and discloses his i ...
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| | | | Lightning rod - Arrestors: Encyclopedia II - Lightning rod - History Lightning damage has been with humanity since we started building structures. Early structures made of wood and stone tended to be short and in valleys and as a result lightning hit rarely. As buildings became taller lightning became a significant threat. Lightning can damage structures made of most materials (masonry, wood, concrete and even steel) as the huge currents involved can heat materials, and especially water to high temperatures causing fire, loss of strength and explosions from superheated steam and air.
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