Why you need a Lightning System in Waco, Texas
General Lightning Protection of Texas is able to design and install the right lightning protection system for any site, and ensure that your installation is carried out with high standards and compliance.
Why Lightning Protection in Waco, Texas?
The highly conductive copper and aluminum materials used in a lightning protection system provide a low resistance path to safely ground lightning’s dangerous electricity. The materials and components for a lightning protection system are UL-listed and manufactured specifically for lightning protection. A lightning rod (US, AUS, CA) or lightning conductor (UK) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire, instead of passing through the structure, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals, or strike termination devices.
In a lightning protection system, a lightning rod is a single component of the system. The lightning rod requires a connection to earth to perform its protective function. Lightning rods come in many different forms, including hollow, solid, pointed, rounded, flat strips, or even bristle brush-like. The main attribute common to all lightning rods is that they are all made of conductive materials, such as copper and aluminum. Copper and its alloys are the most common materials used in lightning protection. A lightning protection system should meet national safety Standards of NFPA 780 and UL 96, UL96A as failure to follow the standards or use of non-listed materials or methods can result in inadequate protection.
General Lightning Protection installs Commercial & Residential Lightning Protection including Lightning Protection Rods in Waco, Texas
What do we do? We Provide lightning protection systems to residential and commercial properties in Texas. Contact us and learn how we can help you with our lightning protection, grounding and lightning warning solutions.
Every year, there are millions of lightning strikes affecting U.S. homes and businesses and causing billions in damage and disruption. General Lightning Protection works for you to provide the world’s best lightning protection and grounding solutions. We are proud to serve home owners and businesses protect their property with our best affordable lightning protection systems.
A complex lightning protection systems is more than just installing “lightning rods.” A lightning protection system is designed to protect specific structures with unique vulnerabilities. Lightning rods are placed at strategic locations and wired accordingly.
Every system design and installation meets and exceeds Underwriters Laboratories (UL), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and Lightning Protection Institute (LPI) standards.
Lightning Protection Institute – Inspection Program (LPI-IP) inspection and certification are the final words on system design.
General Lightning Protection is able to design and install the appropriate lightning protection system for any site in Amarillo, Texas. We ensure that your installation is carried out to the highest standards by our highly trained and industry-qualified technicians. We also test and repair lightning protection systems.
How Effective is a Lightning Protection System?
According to Underwriters Laboratories a properly designed and installed system greatly diminishes the risk of property damage caused by a lightning strike.
General Lightning Protection of Waco, Texas
Through the design of a system that consists of air terminals (lightning rods), cabling, bonding to your electric, gas, water lines, telephone, and installation of a main electrical surge protector, General Lightning Protection Rods of Fort Worth, North Texas can provide protection for your property.
Our valued customers in Waco, Texas home owners, business owners, schools, churches, farm houses, barns and more.
Lightning Protection Waco, Texas
At General Lightning Protection Rods, we provide a full range of lightning protection services in Waco, Texas including:
- Lightning Risk Assessment – We perform a risk assessments before we install the lightning protection system.
- Lightning Protection System Design – Each property is unique and has a different size and shape. We design a lightning protection system that meets all standards.
- Lightning Protection System Installation – We install the designed lightning protection system and make sure it complies to all standards and codes of practice.
- Tests & Inspections of Lightning Protection Systems – We offer Annual testing of existing lightning protection systems.
- Lightning Protection System Maintenance & Repair – Over time your lightning protection system may damage. We provide repair service in the event of damage.
Texas is the lightning capital of United States. Lightning strikes can cause fires on a property. The cost of a lightning protection system is minimal when compared to the damage a lightning strike can cause. A lightning protection system can stop a direct strike of lightning, making it the most effective form of fire and electrical protection.
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Waco, Texas Lightning Protection Services
- Surveying
- Consultancy
- System Design
- Installation
- Test and Inspecting
- Surge Protection Installation
- Commercial Lightning Protection
- Residential Lightning Protection
- Barn Lightning Protection Systems
- Lightning Protection Systems for Trees
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