Lighnting Rods On Roof

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Lighnting rods on roof.

The very top ends at a point that is attached to a metal rod. Steel roofing materials are no more attractive to lightning than any other type of roofing material. Lightning rods are typically installed around the perimeter of flat roofs or along the peaks of sloped roofs at intervals of 6 1 m or 7 6 m depending on the height of the rod. The most obvious above roof components are air terminals formerly called lightning rods.

Rods at least 1o higher than the structure are placed at intervals along high points such as the roof crest ridge chimney or along the perimeter of a flat roof. Heavy steel mount 585h wall bracket 49 00 12 l x 6 5 h 5 h. Large decorative roof mount. X 12 rod part number rsp1 and arsp1.

A braided copper or aluminum cable made for lightning systems connects the rods and runs into the ground to dissipate a charge. A lightning rod is erected on the roof of a building and it is connected to a conducting channel to take the huge discharge of electricity into the ground. Roof rod and mounting saddle available as follows. Used most and is the standard method for regular lightning rod systems.

Swivel mount base with lightning rod. This is our most versatile mount and will adapt to most any application and any angle for sloped roof side or top of wall mounting behind ridge vent etc. When lightning rods are separate from weather vanes they have five parts including the cable that runs to the ground. Does a metal roof need a lightning rod attached.

They must be located at the highest points on a roof. Lightning tends to strike the highest point in any terrain but lightning can also be capricious random. Look at our pages and for our fancy lightning rods. Large roof mount u w132 39 00.

Large non residential buildings like this church often include more than one lightning rod. The only aim of a lightning strike is to neutralize itself with the ground. A 16 12 with 12 rod 24 50. It is a very common misconception that a lightning rod attracts lightning.

A lightning protection system on a residential home is basically comprised of the same materials and installed in the same way as a larger building but the larger building may have multiple rods and several conductors running to the ground. Near the bottom of the structure is a glass ball that can be very plain or made of colored glass.