Humans have been trying to protect things from lightning since the mid-1700s, when Ben Franklin conducted his fabled kite experiment. He created the first lightning rod, an iron pole with a brass tip.

A lightning arrester or lightning rod provides a low-resistance path for the flow of lightning away from the structure and into the ground. It prevents damage and also protects people inside or ...

Application of Reliaguard lightning arrester guards demonstrating ease of installation of guards that have exit points for a wide array of conductor angles and fully protect animal contact risk points ...

This arrester contrasts with lightning protection devices designed for electric grids and power systems, and is in the direct lineage of devices pioneered by Benjamin Franklin in the mid 18th century.

“Crude lightning arresters do the job quite well. The basic idea is to fit a metal on top of a pole and fix it to the ground,” colonel Sanjay Srivastava, deputy secretary of state disaster ...

The global lightning arrester market is expected to reach USD 876.3 million in 2024, at a CAGR of 6.4% to reach a valuation of USD 1627.2 million by 2034. Lightning arresters are a necessary ...

GEORGE TOWN: Nearly 7,000 Facebook users have shared a short video clip containing the moments the lightning arrester pole collapsed in Jalan Macalister here during a freak storm last Thursday.