One of the less-common contracting specialties in northern New England is lightning protection for structures. Although damaging lightning strikes to buildings are less common here than in other ...

Residential PV systems are generally installed on the rooftop of residential buildings, with a large metal surface area, higher distance from the ground and an exposed location. Such PV systems are ...

Okay, I've found out from PolyPhaser that the lightning arrestors on the network referred to in this thread I posted recently were *not* installed correctly. The current setup has the towers grounded ...

Lightning strikes are sometimes cited as part of the cause of data center failures, including recent incidents at Google’s Ghislain data center in Belgium, and the Singapore Stock Exchange. However, ...

The requirements for installing lightning protection systems were featured in the October 2016 issue of Electrical Currents from the Washington State Department of ...

What is ground-fault protection? The answer depends on whether you are talking about ground-fault protection of equipment or ground-fault protection of people. Just because ground-fault protection is ...

Florida is the state where lightning strikes, and it is more than twice. With summer bringing multiple thunderstorms weekly the chances for tree damage are quite possible. Lightning protection systems ...

Red-blooded, burger-eating, truck-driving American billfish hunters love power; the more the better. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as too much power. Take, for instance, a billion volts of ...

Wind turbines can present a unique challenge for maintenance teams. Due to the turbine height and remote location, often in areas of high elevation, wind turbines are at heightened risk of receiving ...