Building lightning protection system

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1975-12-18

1977-04-05

Miller, J D

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

High voltage dissipation

174 2, 361216, H02H 322

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040164624

ABSTRACT:
Lightning protection system for roofed buildings having a waste pipe system comprising a series of interconnected waste pipes, a vent stack on the roof of the building, a soil pipe at the building site buried in electrically conductive contact with the ground, a lightning rod with a ball and a space discharge electrode atop the ball, and adapted to be supported by the stack without interfering with the stack's function, the series of interconnected waste pipes being in a building wall between and connecting the vent stack above and the soil pipe below and establishing a grounding circuit including the vent stack, and a bracket carried by the lightning rod and conductively affixed to the vent stack to render the grounding circuit complete to the space discharge electrode.

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"Lightning Protection Equip.," Independent Protection Co. Inc. Catalog No. C694, 1962, pp. 10 and 24.

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