It is important to have a Lightning Protection System for industrial buildings such as factories to keep them protected against damage caused by lightning strikes. Our high quality systems will intercept such strikes, allowing any excess voltage to pass into the ground. Most protection systems include a series of roof tapes, down conductors and earthing electrodes, all designed to provide a path of low resistance to earth for possible strikes.

Lightning protection systems are usually designed specifically for each structure, so no two systems will be exactly the same. In a typical system, however, a Lightning Rod is placed at the highest and most exposed point of your structure. These rods are then connected to earthing plates, usually in the ground, via heavy duty conductor cables. When lightning strikes, the lightning rod intercepts the strike and traps the high discharge of electrical energy, which is then transmitted to the earthing plate in the ground via the conductor cables, safely redirecting the strike away from your structure.

1. Install a Lightning Protection System that complies with current Lightning Protection Standards. Here at Lightning Protection & Earthing Specialists Ltd, we work carefully from our initial visit to the final installation to ensure that all our work complies with all the latest standards for Lightning Protection.
2. Install Surge Protectors for your electrical equipment. These devices work by safely directing the excess voltage of a surge, caused by a nearby lightning strike, down into the ground (also known as Earthing). These devices will help to protect your electronic devices from being short-circuited, saving you the cost of replacing all of your equipment.
3. Get your Lightning Protection System checked regularly. Here at Lightning Protection & Earthing Specialists Ltd, we perform annual checks and maintenance on all the systems we install*. This will help to ensure that your equipment is functioning properly and will help alleviate disaster should lightning strike.

*in compliance with the BS EN 62305-2006 & the superseded BS6651-1999 British standards for Lightning Protection.

Lightning Protection Systems attract lightning

Lightning Protection Systems do not actually attract lightning. What they do is intercept the strike and provide a preferential path for the lightning strike's harmful electricity to travel safely to the ground, meaning the strike will avoid structures, occupants, and equipment.

Surge Protectors are enough to protect from a lightning strike

When lightning strikes, it packs a punch. A standard lightning strike can contain up to 200 kA of electrical energy (or over 100 million volts of power.)  No surge protector alone is enough to protect against this. In order to provide complete structural protection, a surge protector must be installed alongside a grounding network, as this network is what will direct the strike to the Earth and away from your building. Without the full system, the strike will likely hit your building and potentially cause upwards of thousands of pounds worth of damage.