Best Conventional Lightning Protection in india. Lightning is a capricious, random and unpredictable event. The power of lightning has been a subject of awe since primitive times. Since lightning is caused by common meteorological conditions, each of us is a potential victim of this phenomenon.
Lightning is the visible discharge of static electricity within a cloud, between clouds, cloud to ground or ground to cloud. Lightning occurs in all thunderstorms; each year lightning strikes the Earth more than 30 million times. A lightning flash is composed of a series of strokes with an average of about four (primary strike followed by number of secondary strikes). The length and duration of each lightning stroke vary depending upon the lightning impulse current (amplitude of the lightning current strike). The field of Lightning Protection is being updated frequently at international level. New concepts, techniques and products are constantly introduced into the market. Conventional Lightning Protection services in india.
Equipment damage is on the increasing trend for the last few decades due to the wide spread use of electronics, extension of the national power grid into rural areas and the mushrooming communication towers all over the country. Apart from the losses due to direct strike the losses due to the downtime caused by the damaged and malfunctioning of equipment and loss of data in the microprocessors is colossal.
Many of the problems could be completely avoided or at least minimized by installing proper lightning protection system, taking some actions to educate the people both general public and those in engineering sector on safety issues.
Any building owners, who want to ensure the safety of their residents against the odds of lightning striking their structure, a professionally designed and installed lightning protection system is the most viable idea. This professionally designed and installed lightning protection system would work by channelling the immense energy of lightning strikes along the path of least resistance, providing a safe path for it into the earth.
LEESAS has been in the business of manufacturing material for Lightning Protection Systems for the last 2 decades. Through the experience, we have learned the importance of lightning safety to the end customers and providing solutions strictly in compliance with the international standards for lightning protection and earthing such as IS/IEC 62305 Part 1 to 4), IEC 62561 (Part 1 to 7), UL 96, UL 96A, UL 467, NFPA 780, etc. The National Building Code of India NBC 2016 (Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India) also has strict regulations on the material used for lightning protection systems.
Improper material use can lead to serious consequences and in the worst-case scenario, it may not provide any protection to the structure at all. The use of an experienced lightning protection contractor is also important to ensure the correct placement and fitting of the entire system.
LPS: Indian Standard – IS/IEC 62305 part 1 to 4 is the Indian standard for Lightning Protection System.
There are no devices or methods capable of modifying the natural weather phenomena to the extent that they can prevent lightning discharges. Lightning flashes to, or nearby, structures (or lines connected to the structures) are hazardous to people, to the structures themselves, their contents and installations as well as to lines. This is why the application of lightning protection measures is essential.
India, being one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of Lightning protection components since several decades still depends on imported metal components for lightning protection. This is due to the non-availability of enough testing laboratories and the knowledge on international standards and practices.
Difference in construction techniques used in India with respect to other countries forced us to develop components and system suiting our local requirement and “MAKE IN INDIA”
