Furse Total Solution to Earthing & Lightning Protection

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Earthing & lightning protection

A real & significant threat

Lightning is one of nature’s most powerful and destructive phenomena.

Lightning strikes present a real and significant threat to life, to the structures

in which we live and work, and to the electronic systems which support us

in our daily lives.

Lightning contains awesome amounts of electrical energy.

Lightning discharges have been measured from several

thousand to over 200,000 Amps (enough to light half a million

100 Watt bulbs) and even though of a very short duration,

can cause tremendous damage and destruction.

The consequences of lightning can be devastating:

–– Direct lightning strikes damage structures, and create fire,

explosion and electric shock hazards.

–– Indirect lightning (up to a kilometre away) creates transient

overvoltages which degrade electronic systems and

disrupt essential services.

Secondary effects of lightning

The effects of a direct strike are obvious and immediately

apparent - buildings damaged, trees blown apart, personal

injuries and even loss of life.

However, the secondary effects of lightning - the short

duration, high voltage spikes called transient overvoltages -

can, and do, cause equally catastrophic, if less visually

obvious, damage to electronic systems within structures.

The need for a Total Solution

Lightning protection throughout the world is now governed

by National and International standards which stress the need

for a comprehensive solution. Simply put, a structural

lightning protection system cannot and will not protect

electronic systems from lightning currents and transient

overvoltages, that’s why we advocate a Total Solution to

earthing and lightning protection. This approach to lightning

protection is now fully endorsed by the IEC/BS EN 62305, as

well as NFPA 780 standards.

Therefore the Furse approach delivers effective life safety,

together with long lasting, reliable protection of a structure

and the electronic systems within. We believe the Furse Total

Solution is the best available solution for achieving effective,

dependable, long term lightning protection and earthing.

Protecting against the consequences of lightning is now of

paramount importance in any building design, our Total

Solution covers a wide range of sectors, for which we have

tailored products and services.

Furse products and services are tailored to cover a wide range of industry sectors