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 ...

After their former employer shut its doors, Ben Christensen and Ben Sutton founded B&B Lightning Protection in 2011. This helped them create 10 fulltime jobs for their colleagues. One of their ...

I had an arborist take a look at a huge oak tree in my yard, which was struck by lightning the other day. As I'm sure you know, a nearby lightning strike can be quite sobering! I casually mentioned ...

The radio engineer does his best to prevent its intrusion into his equipment, but having a steel structure extending from 150 feet to 1,000 feet in the air invites lightning strikes. Nevertheless, ...

Q Our home is on a high hill, along a river with no trees nearby. Would lightning rods be a safety check on our home? A generation or more ago, lightning rods were on many houses and barns. They seem ...

Mitigate your risks to lightning - Double Check. Insurance Information Institute (Triple I): Predict & Prevent your risks to lightning. Convective storms caused $38 billion in insured losses in the ...

Over the centuries, people have developed numerous ways to protect themselves, their homes, and their property from lightning strikes. As arborists in North Florida, one of our major concerns is ...

In an age of computers and lasers, Morris Rosenthal`s lightning rod business, using the basic principles discovered by Benjamin Franklin, is crackling. Rosenthal is president of the 117-year-old St.

The St George’s Club is seeking to install lightning protection measures after recent damaging strikes on the East End establishment. A recent planning application sought permission to install two ...