Lightning Rods

Think about it and ask him that lol

When that storm cloud passes overhead and is composed of accumulated electrons having a charge opposite that from mother earth, a good n proper lighting rod system allows that energy to be discharged such that it doesnt discharge through the house.

THEY DO INDEED WORK ITS A MATTER OF PHYSICS AND ELECTRICITY AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.....

You wanna talk static discharge and lighting protection, you ought to see where I used to work as a design enginner at an expolosives ordnance facility. We had primary and secondary ground loops and long tall towers and lightning rods till who tied the pup, THEY DO WORK.

Its your house and your money and your choice n your call but all I can tell you is if installed properly they can indeed help prevent a house from being struck by lightning by discharging and dissipating the energy back to mother earth versus to mother earth via your house.

John T Retired Electrical Engineer

Lightning or more properly, electrons travel from negative to positive. The more negative you make the roof of your house, barn etc. appear to the lightning, the less likely it is to be struck. That�s why properly installed aluminum siding should be grounded.

If you chose to install lightning rods, make sure you run a good stout ground cable to a good copper or copper coated ground rod (Min. 8 foot) and properly clamped. This way, the house looks more negative to the negative lightning charge than something else, say a tree, and the tree (being more positive) will probably be struck and not the house.

Dad had lightning rods put on the house so he could sleep better. House was ringed with tall maples, they have never been hit.

Guess it depends on how many electric storms are in your area.

Ozlander

Ozlander