mx842
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- Richmond Va
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I put this big beam up on 4 steel post and cross members in my shop to run a trolley on for a 1/2 ton chain fall. I also want to run some heavy ground wire under the floor that comes up in places all over the shop so I will have a ground leg for my welders no matter where the work is located.
I don't know but it just seems to me that there seems like all this steel and ground wires running all over the place would be a prime target for a lightning strike. I am on a somewhat high spot with regard to the rest of the surrounding area anyway and we get at least one maybe two trees hit a summer on average within a 300' radius of the house and one hit a tree right next to the house and it bounced off and hit the corner of the roof and knocked off a few shingles and burned a cool little hole in the roof.
The building I used to be in was a large steel building with medal sides and I don't know how many thunderstorms we had while I was there we never got hit but I was thinking it may be a good idea to at least think about lightning protection while I am still in the building stage.
Can someone school me on lightning protection and what can be done to keep the risk of lightning strikes to a minimum and to be safe while inside in case one did hit the building or steel structure that is inside?
I don't know but it just seems to me that there seems like all this steel and ground wires running all over the place would be a prime target for a lightning strike. I am on a somewhat high spot with regard to the rest of the surrounding area anyway and we get at least one maybe two trees hit a summer on average within a 300' radius of the house and one hit a tree right next to the house and it bounced off and hit the corner of the roof and knocked off a few shingles and burned a cool little hole in the roof.
The building I used to be in was a large steel building with medal sides and I don't know how many thunderstorms we had while I was there we never got hit but I was thinking it may be a good idea to at least think about lightning protection while I am still in the building stage.
Can someone school me on lightning protection and what can be done to keep the risk of lightning strikes to a minimum and to be safe while inside in case one did hit the building or steel structure that is inside?