What can be done to protect tall buildings from the damage of lightning,?
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In order to protect house or tall building from damage due to the lightning, Benjamin Franklin first discovered a device called the lightning conductor in 1749. It is just a copper strip which is fixed to the outside wall of the building and its lower end put deep in the ground.
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A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod or metallic object mounted on top of an elevated structure, such as a building, a ship, or even a tree, electrically bonded using a wire or electrical conductor to interface with ground or earth through an electrode, engineered to protect the structure in the event of lightning strike.
If lightning hits the structure, it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducted to ground through the wire, instead of passing through the structure, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals or strike termination devices.
In a lightning protection system, a lightning rod is a single component of the system. The lightning rod requires a connection to earth to perform its protective function.
