Lightning Protection Products

Computers and machinery failure can occur due to lightning strikes. Computer systems and networks are now essential elements of our work culture which has roots in almost every industry. Damage to such important devices can be extremely risky to the business. A single devastating lightning strike alone can cause structural and electrical damage, which can result in stalled production and plant shut down.

A properly installed Lightning protection system not only helps in saving lives but also provides protection to company equipment and damage from potential fires.

The lightning protection solution and services we offer provide you with the expertise to reduce/eliminate the exposure of your installation to lightning conditions and to implement suitable protection measures.

Lightning Protection system design

Our lightning protection design systems are well engineered and cost-effective.

Lightning Eliminators & Consultant includes services such as :

1. Gathering data and information:

 Measuring soil resistance.

 Measuring earth resistance

 Lightning protection system requires visual inspection (Only if installed)

 Measurement of the supply grid

 Checking the type of construction along with infrastructure.

 Occupancy of the entire building.

 Contents of the building.

2. Looking for analyzing risk

 Analyzing the demand for required lightning protection.

 Checking for earth potentiality for risk assessment.

 Risk of catching fire.

 Studying the interference.

 Analyzing the risk level in terms of international standards.

3. Designing the study

 Arriving at engineered specifications.

 Type of protection required.

 Detailed evaluation of the site exposures.

 Dimensions and sizes of the components.

 Analyzing location of air terminals and coverage area

 Directing the conductor connections and routing.

 Earthing provisions.

4. Delivering, installing, testing and then commissioning

 Providing the product material along with the labour, equipment and services.

 With accordance with international standards along with code of practice the process of installation and testing is done.

 A minimal training is provided for both on site and off site risk management for financial risk mitigation.

 Our patented as well as manufactured goods come with an international standard.

Rest assured our lightning protection system design is perfect for aesthetic-conscious users as they blend in with the structure. Protect your most valuable assets with market-leading lightning eliminating technology.

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A lightning protection design system should be installed to shield and divert lightning strikes which can cause a complete or partial loss of a facility and its content due to fire. A single devastating lightning strike can also cause structural and electrical damage, which can result in stalled production and plant shut down costing millions of dollars.

The LEC lightning protection solutions provide you with the equipment and expertise you need to reduce/eliminate the exposure and susceptibility of your installation to lightning. Our comprehensive solutions range from consulting to design and review, and from lightning protection installation to products and material sales. Allowing our experienced consultants to offer impartial design solutions and always in compliance with industry standards.

LEC’s experienced engineers and technicians provide a comprehensive lightning protection design and assessment services to:

- Consultant engineers

- Architects and builders

- Project managers

- Facility managers and contractors

- Communication network and IT managers

- System administrators

Our lightning protection design systems are cost-effective, yet made from the best materials to reduce the cost of maintenance.

There is nothing easy about designing a lightning protection system, it takes great care and knowledge from a professional to get it right. Every facility is different, which means every design should be tailored to your use case.

Our general design services include:

- Assessment and management of lightning risk

- Design of co-ordinated lightning protection, surge protection, and earthing systems

- Review of existing LPS and earthing system design and drawing

- Drafting services with full system layouts and details

Rest assured our lightning protection design system are perfect for aesthetic-conscious users as they blend in with the structure.

Special lightning protection design system:

LECs patented Dissipation Array System works under the charge transfer technology. It's enabled to dissipate the electrical field within a particular area. In other words, DAS when combined with an effective grounding system, it can effectively eliminate the streamer/leader connection and prevent lightning events within the protected area. Cost-effective with a ‘no-strike' warranty, our DAS has set a global standard in lightning protection for 4 decades.

Protect your most valuable assets with market-leading lightning elimination technology.

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The simplest way to think of a lightning strike would be as a short circuit between the cloud and the earth. The earth and an active thundercloud have either a positive or negative polarity with respect to each other, just like battery connections that can arc, if they are not separated by a long enough air gap.

Every year, there are approximately 15-20 million lightning strikes that affect 30% of U.S. businesses. These lightning strikes cause billions in damage and an average facility is hit with 20,000 amps of electricity.

Thus schools, hospitals, airports, factories, chemical plants, power generating plants and office buildings are just some of the facilities choosing to play it safe against the destructive forces of lightning by properly preparing a lightning protection design and installing it.

We offer holistic services that include product specifications, product manufacturing, technical support, installation, site testing, and system design. LEC’s lightning protection design and engineering team can produce complete lightning protection and grounding layout for any type of structure using the latest CAD software. Our estimates are detailed to list out all inclusion and exclusions and each estimate adheres to all required specifications.

Even before the estimates are submitted we understand the electrical specification and relevant architectural drawings of your facility. Then with the backing of our experienced lightning protection design team, we send drawings, bill of materials required, installation, testing and commissioning estimates.

Once the estimation is approved, a detailed and scientific evaluation of the site’s exposure and an option for protection is provided and we start implementing the customized solution in the most timely, accurate and cost-effective manner.

Alongside we also provide on-site and off-site risk management training and financial risk mitigation.

All of our systems are designed and engineered to perform safely; however, commission and routine testing are undertaken to validate and ensure that the lightning protection design and the system perform safely.

Protection against direct lightning strike and surge is not an easy one. A proper lightning protection design depends on a number of contributing factors. Some of our patented products include;

- Dissipation Array System

- Spline ball Ionizer

- Spline Ball Terminal

- Streamer Delaying Air Terminal

- And a whole range of surge protection systems

Holding tightly to professional ethics and moral values, we leave no stone unturned to assure complete client satisfaction when providing lightning protection design and engineering solutions.

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Lightning protection is required almost everywhere! Virtually all populated regions have varying incidences of lightning strikes. In fact, facilities outside the lightning belt should at least be minimally protected.

Traditionally, the lightning protection design has been installed on tall buildings and in recent years, more commonly found on towers and their antenna, drilling rigs, wind turbines, tanks, environmental monitor masts, and industrial structures.

The incorporation of a lightning protection system is often the results of an owner’s desire to reduce downtime in his facility. However, the lightning protection system is one of the first items eliminated when project budgets are cut.

The good news is as an architect is tackling a myriad of global challenges, including one posed by increasingly unstable weather patterns, more architects and planners are taking a build and protect approach to design and construction.

A robust lightning protection design system is the first step to ensure safety to human beings, prevent damages to assets and properties.

LPS design involves:

1.       Site evaluation and consulting – an initial technical review is conducted to understand what your facility should plan for. Thereafter an on-site evaluation is done by our lightning solution expert.

2.       Risk assessment – our in-house team determines the level of protection required for your facility. This includes site survey and various data collection

3.       Determining the level of protection - based on the data collected and the assessment report, the level of protection required for your facility is determined.

4.       Arriving at BOQ and specification – a design study specific to DAS is engineered. It provides a more detailed and scientific evaluation for your site’s lightning safety exposure and options for lightning protection design.

5.       Smart ground testing – this is an advanced ground audit system that produces highly accurate results

6.       Material supply & installation – LEC offers full installation services, dependent on the project. We will even train your crew, should your company opt to engage a sub-contractor.

7.       Testing & Maintenance – every product is tested before installation and yearly recertification is needed to maintain the terms of the no-strike warranty issued with every Dissipation Array System.

Some of our patented lightning & surge protection design products include:

-          Dissipation Array System

-          Spline ball ionizer

-          Spline ball terminal

-          Streamer Delaying air terminal

-          Facility guard

-          Transient limiters

-          DC surge protectors

-          Hybrid surge protectors

-          Data line protector

-          Coaxial line protector

Lightning Eliminators and Consultant Inc will be pleased to advice you on the proper type of lightning protection design system. 

 

Lightning and quickly moving power surges can instantly bring down sensitive electronic systems in any business. This is because a lightning strike’s temperature is several times greater than the surface of the sun. And they often occur without warning – day or night. Even the magnetic field, which is a part of the lightning strike, can inflict damage to nearby computers and electronics. So, a powerful strike, can cause damage to computer networks, automated machinery, computer drives & controls, and diagnostic equipment leading to costly business interruptions and lost production time.

What should you do to protect your facility from lightning damage?

Install a lightning protection system by LEC. A typical lightning protection system is designed to protect a facility from lightning damage by intercepting such strikes and safely passing their extremely high currents to ground. But our Patented DAS Lightning Prevention System is different. It eliminates the lightning strike altogether from the protected area.

Lightning is produced in thunderstorms. It gradually builds up on electrical fields and once it is large enough, a giant spark occurs (like static electricity) between the earth and the ground. This spark is actually called a lightning strike. It may also occur between clouds and between cloud and air. But it is the strike between the cloud and ground that is most damaging.

Our LPS uses Charge dissipation technology using the principle of point discharge to facilitate the reduction of static electrical charge buildup. Their sole purpose is to prevent an electrical arc or current flow that can cause damage. In simpler words, the lightning rod, through thousands of specially engineered charge dissipation elements, releases ions that dissipate electrical energy needed to initiate the formation of upward streamers.  Thus the downward stepped leader will look for a better target and the structure is protected from direct lightning damage.

Lightning Eliminators & Consultants provides integrated protection and prevention products, solutions and services. Our patented Charge Transfer System (CTSs) is widely used and is the best technology for protecting a facility from lightning damage. The Dissipation Array System (DAS) also provides a ‘no strike’ warranty.

To know more about prevention from lightning strikes, contact us. 

Lightning strike, one of the most beautiful pictures every time it strikes however it’s also the most dangerous act of nature.

Besides the deadly effects of this natural phenomenon, the lightning strike can cause more damage to than you think to any industry. Thus extreme protection measures are mandatory and a well-designed lightning protection system is required.

Let’s talk about the telecommunication industry.

In less than 30 years, cellular mobile towers and antenna structures have proliferated on every continent. These are very tall structures, because of the nature of their jobs, making them the perfect lightning targets.

The telecommunication towers such as cellular, microwave communication, television broadcast, and radio repeaters are like magnets for lightning strikes – these towers are made of conductive metal materials and they are the tallest structures around.

And it’s the nature of a lightning strike to flow down to the ground through the fastest (most conductive) way, which usually is the tower’s body and leg.

Once a direct lightning strike flows through the tower, any equipment located in the tower, the supplying generator, shelter or fence, and any additional energy sources like solar panels or wind turbines located near tower can be damaged beyond repair.

Installation of our lightning protection system can mitigate many such damages.

Traditional lightning arrestors are not appropriate for these telecommunication towers as this tower being the tallest conductor in the area already collects the lightning strike. What needs to be done is to keep lightning away from these sites to avoid any possible damage.

DAS - lightning protection system

Dissipation Array System is our most innovative and patented system. It consists of air terminals, bonding conductors, ground terminals among others. We manufacture and design this lightning protection system with full precision to ensure complete safety and smooth functioning.

During a storm, our DAS makes these towers almost ‘invisible’ to lightning. It works on Charge transfer technology which means it reduces the electrical field to below lightning collection levels thus preventing lightning from striking the protected area.

As no lightning strikes the tower, there are no damages and no loss of service.

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In our fast-paced environment, we depend on wireless and satellite communications for everything – cell phones, internet, radio, television, and data and more; reliability has become imperative. These towers are constructed of steel and designed to be the highest structure in the surrounding area in order to supply communications without any interruptions.

Sadly, telecommunication towers are particularly at risk of lightning damage and an ensured electrical surge; due to its tall stature and complex electrical makeup. A single direct lightning strike can cause physical damage and catastrophic failure resulting in substantial revenue losses.

When lightning strikes a tower the current flows downwards to the ground and can damage electronic equipment like antennae, dishes, cameras, etc. On its way down, these currents can leak and jump into nearby structures resulting in permanent damage to sensitive electronic devices and equipment.

The good news is there is a way to protect telecommunication towers and facilities from the devastating and lasting effects of lightning damage.

The lightning protection system from Lightning Eliminators & Consultant Inc. – The Tower Kit

It’s a hybrid package that offers a robust and cost-effective solution for communication tower to protect them from lightning damage. The protection package includes direct strike protection, surge protection, and grounding.

And we protect the towers from lightning damage by enhancing lightning rods with lightning dissipators!

Spline Ball Ionizer – this is our patented and advanced air terminal that functions as a streamer retarding air terminal. It utilizes the phenomena ‘charge transfer’ – it provides a low resistance route for the static ground charge to reach the atmosphere, preventing the build-up of ground charge to the value necessary to trigger a strike on the protected structure. In short, it exchanges ions between the air and earth keeping the local electrical field below lightning potential.

Chem Rods – another patented marvel from us; it creates the optimal earth connection with a large conductive surface, electrolytic salts, and specially formulated backfills.

Transient limiter TLX100 – this versatile type 1 SPD is primarily used for light load service entrance and subpanels.  It can be installed upstream or downstream of the main disconnect.

LEC offers lightning protection products and services to many industries including broadcasting, wireless communications, data centers, 911 call centers, and many more.

This simple, reliable and inexpensive (compared to the cost of repair) method can protect most wireline communications from lightning damage.

In the industrial world time is money, thus nothing can be more frustrating for a manufacturer than to stop production due to power going out.

Industrial lightning protection system is designed to protect such businesses or plants and its assets from the harmful effects of lightning damage. Do you know millions of dollars are lost in damage caused by a lightning strike? Thus, a lightning protection system ensures that lighting is controlled and it doesn’t cause any damage.

Take for example the telecommunication industry. The cell towers have gotten considerably taller and are being installed with expensive equipment making them more susceptible to damage from lightning strikes. Not only the telecommunication sector; any industry that is required to be kept online through advanced electronics require lightning protection.

An industry or a plant requires protection because:

- Principally, most official buildings are metal structures, making them more susceptible to being struck with lightning.

- Most industries use and store highly flammable materials

- Safety of the workers is important

- Having a lightning protection system in place is an essential condition for insurance companies and it may also reduce the cost of the policy

- Being stuck by lightning could result in serious loss of service, equipment, and machines.

- With advancement is sensitive electronic components; it is highly capable of being damaged even by slight fluctuations in electric current. The necessity to protect these equipments from such surges has become very crucial. Thus advancement in lightning protection system is imperative.

Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. has become one of the most highly regarded company of lightning protection solutions. With extensive sales network and distribution points, the company can easily service customers all over the country and beyond. Being pioneers and patent holders of DAS technology, LEC can customize a solution for any business and even help clients choose from a number of products and services. Over the years this company has become synonym for quality products, designed at par with international standards.

Schools, hospitals, airports, factories, power generating plants and even office buildings are now playing it safe by installing lightning protection systems.

Lightning protection systems for industries is something that every industry will benefit from.

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Every industry is constantly at risk of being adversely affected or damaged by overvoltage. One of the greatest threats is a bolt of lightning. A single discharge of lightning near a power supply cable will generate significant overvoltage transient, sometimes causing irreparable damage.

Protective devices such as lightning surge protection devices are used to offset these external influences. They have the job of safeguarding the connected systems without interfering with its operations.

How does a lightning surge protector work?

Once voltage rises above expected level, the surge protector comes into play. It suppresses the excess voltage, diverts it safely to the ground and prevents it from causing any harm. When used together with air terminals, grounding rods, these surge arrestors form an industry's total lightning protection system.

Why do we need lightning surge protection device?

This decision can be taken by answering simple questions like

- Whether your facility is adjacent to any tall structure or near a hilltop or located in the lightning-prone area?

- If your existing lightning protection system includes surge arrestors?

- Does the machinery or equipment require resistance to overvoltage?

- Are surges internally generated by the facility itself, such as a large motor starting or welding operations?

However, the need for lightning surge protection devices depends on numerous factors. Our range of surge protection devices are designed and developed with the aspect of lightning protection and should not be considered as an option. Each product is developed by a team of experienced engineers with the aim to solve specific problems faced by industries.

Every business has different needs when it comes to keeping their systems running. An industry might require surge protection on their fire alarms while another might consider installing it on security systems and data centers.

Different types and combinations of lightning surge protection device are installed in different protected zones to meet different needs. Some arrestors are generally installed in the service entrance switchboards to protect low voltage equipment such as facility guard and data line protectors.

Installing a lightning surge protection device from Lightning Eliminators & Consultant Inc. ensures security of your company data, employees and facility during an unpredictable electric surge, as well as ensures continued function of critical systems.