Lightning Protection Installation & Maintenance

A modern home can be a magnet for lightning strikes. The plumbing and electrical systems not only attract lightning, but they allow it to travel through the home in a blink of an eye. Along the way, the lightning surge will move through your home’s electrical system, including your appliances.

The damage from a direct lightning strike can be devastating. Appliances may become damaged, shockwaves from the strike may damage your home’s structural elements, and the lightning may even start a fire. Even near-miss lightning strikes can cause damage, and insurance companies don’t always accept those claims.

There are ways to protect your home and your family. A lightning protection system will keep your home safe from lightning strikes, and Cable’s Roofing can help install one that will neutralize the threat of lightning.

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Lightning rods intercept the electricity from a bolt of lightning. A lot of people mistakenly believe that they attract lightning. This isn’t so. When lightning strikes near the home, the lightning rod will intercept it so that it can neutralize it.

Cabling

The lightning rod will direct the bolt of lightning through cables that are installed in the home. These low impedance cables attract the lightning away from important systems in the house, like the electrical system, plumbing, and metal structural elements.

Lightning follows the path of least resistance, and the cables offer very little resistance. This invites the lightning to follow them. The cables lead the lightning to a safe place where it will harmlessly discharge.

Ground Rod

The cables lead to a series of ground rods around your home. They’re buried underground, and they’ll safely discharge the lightning bolt into the ground around your home, nullifying its effects in the process.

The rods and the system itself will create a cone of safety around your home. Larger homes will require more ground rods and more lightning rods, but in general, there will be a protected zone that lightning won’t be able to penetrate.