Why "Total Lightning Protection System" ?

Lightning is a random and unpredictable phenomenon. A lightning strike is an electrical discharge initiated from the development of electrical charge in thunderclouds. Such discharge may be appearing from cloud to cloud as well as from cloud to ground. The power of the current flowing in those clouds to ground is strong enough to illuminate almost half a million 100-watt light bulbs. Despite its existence of short period, the discharge can be very prejudicial causing a large amount of damages.

A clear example of incidents caused by lightning strikes is the one taken place in Surin, a province in the South of Thailand where a lightning struck the Global House Building, causing casualties.

Lightning strikes can create not only direct damages, but also indirect incidents such as power line disturbances and load switching transients. These incidents are caused by inductive load switching, capacitor banks, thyristor power supplies and other electrical switching operations. Therefore, it is significant to take these possible indirect incidents into consideration in order to prevent damages.

Thanks to the first invention of lightning rods by Benjamin Franklin in 1752, lightning protection systems have been radically changed. Today's lightning protection systems are designed to protect modern appliances, electrical systems and building constructions, by blocking, controlling and spreading a lightning strike safely coming to earth. Without such a protection system, electronic appliances and systems, buildings' structure as well as the people within the area are all at extreme risk.