Installation and Maintenance Guide for Kalre Ese Lightning Rod
A lightning rod with an Early Streamer Emission device, often known as a kalre ESE lightning rod or conductors, is a high-tech exterior lightning protection system. These ESE lightning conductors, which are sometimes referred to as active lightning conductors, must abide by all applicable national and international standards or rules (mainly UNE 21.186, NFC 17.102, Technical Building Code section SU8, and NP4426).
How does an ESE airport operate?
The ESE lightning arresters from Applications Technological are distinguished by the presence of an electro-pulsed generator that creates electrical impulses. The generator is normally in standby mode, but when storm conditions start, it is activated and stays in a pre-control state until the descending tracer enters its field of vision. This results in the formation of the upward tracer, which creates the path for the electrical discharge brought on by the lightning.
The lightning current passes along the outside of the external armature, past the gap, and conducts to ground without damaging the interior circuitry. Based on their advance time, ESEs are categorised. Depending on the model selected, the upward tracer advances further, capturing the downward tracer at a higher point and preventing lightning strikes over a wider region.
An Kalre ESE lightning rod can be erected anywhere.
An ESE air terminal can be constructed on any type of structure to offer a chosen and controlled location of lightning impact. The best installation locations include both enclosed and open environments. Due to its installation flexibility, this kind of lightning rod can ensure lightning protection for all structures and open areas by regulating its discharge and securely channelling its energy to earth.
The ESE lightning rods from Aplicaciones Tecnolo1 gicas have been erected all over the world in a variety of locations, including sports fields, refineries, mine sites, iconic structures, etc.
It is usually advisable to do a preliminary analysis to determine the optimal position of the lightning conductor and the supplemental materials needed to obtain the greatest area of coverage. This will depend on the chosen site, its size, and the climatic conditions in which it is placed.
The essential elements needed to install a lightning rod
The main requirement that should be taken into consideration when designing an ESE air terminal is the height at which the mast is to be placed. The lightning rod must be mounted on the mast at least two metres above all other objects in the area it protects. If it is positioned on a building's roof, the mast should ideally be at least 5 metres above the roof to ensure the protection of the roof and all items on it given the regulations' stipulation of the protective radius. The weight of the lightning rod and mast must also be supported by clamps and supports, which must be appropriate for the installation's circumstances.
Like all lightning protection systems, the kalre ESE lightning rod requires the installation of down conductors and an earthing system. The down conductor must go in a straight line, taking the shortest path possible, and avoiding abrupt bends or upward trajectories. When possible, the down conductor should be located outside of the building, away from any electrical or gas conduits, or, if necessary, equipotentially bonded if the distance is insufficient to prevent harmful sparks.
As the lightning protection laws advise inspecting the protection system after it has experienced a discharge, it would also be prudent to place a lightning event counter on the lightning rod's down conductor for complete lightning protection. The ATLOGGER lightning counter was created by Aplicaciones Tecnolo1 gicas specifically for this use. It keeps track of electrical activity in the down conductor while also recording the magnitude, polarity, and time and date of the incident. A load and the specific energy of the impulse are also estimated by the ATLOGGER lightning counter.
It is crucial to understand that, although if earthing is not a visible component, it is a fundamental and vital component of an electrical system and, consequently, in the protection against lightning.
In an electrical installation, earthing serves the purpose of dissipating currents of any kind that may develop in the ground, such as fault currents at industrial frequency. In the case of a lightning protection system, it is necessary for it to dissipate the atmospheric discharge's current in order to safeguard our home's and business's electrical equipment from potentially harmful potential differences. Visit our page on the value of appropriate earthing for more information.
How to correctly install an air terminal for early streamer emissions (ESE)
The straightforward procedures that follow demonstrate the general procedure for installing an kalre ESE lightning rod:
first phase of Conductiver Plus, earth resistance measurement, and earthing system installation
Fittings for chemical anchors are installed.
Lightning conductor, adapter piece, mast, and conductor assembly.
Phase two of the second conductor
Locating the anchoring, fastening the lightning conductor, and assembling the mast fixing the conductor clamps on the bottom.
installation of the protection tube and lightning event counter for the downconductor. the bonding bar and earth pit installation.
The earth resistance's final measurement.