Following recent severe weather and storms, homeowners in Greater Cincinnati are looking to install lightning rods to ensure their homes stay safe from lightning strikes.Lightning rods intercept ...

Lightning rods (and the accompanying protection system) are designed to protect a house or building from a direct lightning strike and, in particular, a lightning-initiated fire. Note that lightning ...

The ALW series is a lightning and surge protector that features an industrial-grade die cast aluminum enclosure with a gasketed cover and concealed mounting holes. The protection devices targets harsh ...

The topic of lightning surge protection is always relevant, especially during these peak summer months. Residing in what has been dubbed The Lightning Strike Capital of the World — Central Florida — I ...

When it comes to lightning and the danger it can pose to your house, Rand Frederiksen wishes he knew then what he knows now. When Frederiksen built his house in Franklin’s Reserve at Temple Hills ...

Electrical substations utilize direct lightning stroke shielding to help ensure proper operation, and to prevent costly damages and extended outages. While modern substation designs and equipment make ...

Parker M. Willard Jr. likes to joke that Mother Nature does a better job of selling lightning rods than he does at Boston Lightning Rod Co. Inc. When lightning strikes a home, creating an electrical ...

New NEC requirements make it important to understand the difference between surge protectors, surge arresters, and transient voltage surge suppressors The term “surge protector” can describe any ...

Recently, a thunderstorm fried my PC’s power supply and its motherboard. Although I wasn’t home at the time, I am pretty sure it was the storm and lightning-related surge of some type that did it, and ...