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| brandman
 |  "lightning rods"
, posted Sat 24 Jul 10:23  
Brand new distribution center, huge roof with lots of equipment up there. A lightning rod company not only installed their system around the perimeter of the roof, they also installed a rod on each and every unit and exhaust fan up there and cabled everything together. In my opinion this greatly increases the chances of the units taking a direct hit and they would be better off with just the perimeter rods. I tried to talk to one of the people installing the lightning rods,,, he just stared at me and shrugged his shoulders! Any opinions?
Did you ever notice that 72 degree room temp. is way to warm in the summer and way to cold in the winter?
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| Xenos
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| "Re(1):lightning rods" , posted Sun 25 Jul 09:17
I have a similar building and Can't say I have ever considered it. Isn't the point of a lightning rod to be placed on the highest point. I would think the roof top is this point. Or atleast in my case it is.
Xenos.
The best way to escape a problem is to solve it.
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| | brandman
| "Re(2):lightning rods" , posted Sun 25 Jul 14:15
I don't know. I was always under the impression lightning rods were designed to draw lightning to themselves and creat a path to ground thereby saving the structure from damage. If thats the case I don't understand why you would want to draw it to the unit?
Did you ever notice that 72 degree room temp. is way to warm in the summer and way to cold in the winter?
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| | MasterTech
| "Re(3):lightning rods" , posted Sun 24 Jul 02:10
I agree i would not like them on my units. If the rod is put on the unit and lighting strikes rod on the unit the unit would become a capacitor at that point. Atleast in my mind LOL but im no electrical engineer.
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| | Xenos
Webmaster
| "Re(3):lightning rods" , posted Sun 25 Jul 17:57
I see what your saying their using the unit as the conductor. Hmm don;t like that.
Xenos.
The best way to escape a problem is to solve it.
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