Lightning Protection: Nevada
Nevada sees 721,732 cloud to ground lightning strikes annually and with an area of 110,562 square miles, the state averages almost 9.7 strikes per square mile! Installing lightning rods on your structures will greatly reduce the chances of lightning damaging your building.
Installing surge protection devices on your electrical service entrances and on your telephone line will help reduce the chance of power surges from direct or nearby lightning strikes by directing the surge into the ground and preventing it from entering your structure.
KLP, Kuefler Lightning Protection, is a distributor of lightning protection systems and grounding equipment, offering a full line of UL Listed Lightning Protection System Materials that meet the lightning protection standards of UL96A, NFPA-780 and LPI-175, etc. We offer Direct Sales. Give us a call today at 800 370 5886 to see how we can assist you in the design, installation, maintenance, and inspection of your system.
Also see How to stay safe during lightning storms
Lightning Facts!
In CG lightning, the light that we see is actually a return stroke. First, the electrical discharge flows from cloud to earth in paths what is known as stepped leader. The illumination of stepped leader is very dim and is not visible to eyes. When the stepped leader is close enough to the ground (around 300 feet above the ground), similar stepped leaders are initiated from ground which move up to meet the descending ones. When the descending and the ascending leaders meet, a high current is discharged violently which travels down to the ground. This violent discharge of current produces a bright light which moves or travels up along the leader. It is this upward moving light that we see and think of it as light traveling in downward direction but the reality is that it travels in upward direction.