Lightning Protection for Home? I live in Tennessee, and hold heard of several houses surrounded by...
I live in Tennessee, and hold heard of several houses surrounded by the near hinterland that have be struck by lightning in the closing couple of years. These strikes have resulted contained by significant and costly damage. I be just wondering almost the possibility/advantages of installing one or more lightning rods on my house. I haven't heard of a voluminous number of people doing this, so I be just wondering roughly the practicality and cost of doing such a thing. Is it more trouble than it's worth?
Go to your local Electric company, Ask something like a lightning Arrester.There are several different types. ask their advice nearly the best one for your situation. There is also a device called a meter treater;that sandwich between your meter and meter base. these items are typically sold and installed by the Electric company.
Years ago almost all sheep farm houses had lighting rods. Now days it is massively UN-common.
First I would check and make sure your home owner insurance covers adjectives damage cause by a lighting strike. If so I wouldn't pay the illustrious cost of installing rods.
If it doesn't and you can't get it afterwards you might want to look into it. Get a good soul to do the work and inspect not only the work but compare bill to matter. Many companies out there will provide you something you didn't receive. Invest time on Internet looking at sound talent material used back hand so you know what they are chitchat about.
Answers: Lightning protection can be installed but it is not cheap & will requirement to be done by an electrician.
Usually, it is a device that is connected to your incoming D. Good things to remember are 50kA (50 000 Amps) & 8 micro seconds. These 2 things are rather standard ratings for good lightning protection unit (for domestic use).
Also, these devices degrade respectively time they operate. This means that they hold a limited go.
Generally, they provide very honourable "line" protection (secondary lightning strike) but they will not protect against a direct strike (primary strike).
Lightning rods are NOT advised to be used.
Ensure that the earthing (grounding) is within perfect command. An electrician can check this with a point called a Earth Fault Loop tester.
EDIT.
Brand name describe nothing. What you want is PROPER MOV (Metal Oxide Varistor) lightning protection installed at your breaker box. It must hold the minimum ratings as I previously described. If it doesn't, you could well be wasting your money.
Switchboard design obtain, licensed electrician.