Lightning Protection Ground Wire

Generally if you have a metal antenna mount on your roof that is over 5 feet tall you will want to ground that using a long copper wire.

Lightning protection ground wire. Harger has long been one of the leading providers of structural lightning protection for commercial buildings. Flange mount protectors anchor to a grounding panel with both connectors parallel to a flat surface. An example is a quarter wave vertical. A wire from the antenna mount to a grounding source described below or a surge arrester.

See the tis page on lightning protection c. For the building s ground system the main electrical wire entry already has a copper stake driven into the earth. Trusted to protect since 1910. Preventable mistakes in the electrical grounding system can leave it vulnerable to ground faults side flashes and electronic noise any of which could.

Innovative installer friendly components make harger the leading provider of lightning protection equipment. Polyphaser protectors are available in two mounting styles. 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.

Lightning protection fasterners hardware. Since our beginning thompson has sought to be the industry leader in manufacturing the highest quality conductors and components. Bulkhead mount protectors have a longer connector and hardware to mount it through the grounding panel. Since 1960 harger has been providing solutions to the lightning protection and grounding industries.

These products are also backed by the foremost lightning protection design department in the world today. One wire of the feedline connects to the base of the antenna and the other connects to ground. A second copper stake driven into the earth for the signal carrying wires is a separate earth ground system. The connection to ground.

There are a few options for how to install lightning protection. This is required only for certain types of antennas ones which require current flow to ground to complete the antenna circuit. In fact some of the world s tallest structures such as the willis. Grounding rods plates bars and more.