Lighting conductor types – active or passive. Which one to choose?

People have feared lightning for centuries, at the same time this nature phenomenon has amazed us with its power and different kind of beauty. Did you know that scientist that study lightning is called fulminologist, and the most famous fulminologist in the world was Benjamin Franklin? We must admit, it sounds like a very difficult task to understand how lightning works because of its unpredictability. It’s not a surprise that many buildings nowadays have a lighting conductor that helps to protect the house and living creatures inside from lightning.

What is lightning?

As we all know, a lightning strike happens because of electrical discharge. Electrical energy builds up in between the clouds themselves and between the ground and clouds, and when it has reached the right amount of energy and electrical discharge happens. We see it as a bright lightning bolt. Although it’s beautiful, it can also be very dangerous to people, animals and buildings. The lighting strike not only can injure living creatures but also is able to destroy buildings and electronic devices. That’s why it’s so important to explore different lighting conductor types you can use to protect yourself, your home and other things. SIA “AURE-1” is a Latvian company that builds lightning protection systems for different objects in all the country. One of the most popular projects this company has worked on is Rundāle palace and Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LLU).

What type of lighting conductor systems you can choose from?

It is impossible to put the equals signs between quality and economy when choosing the best lighting protection solution. “AURE-1” creates precise and high-quality projects to protect small and big buildings from lighting danger. There are two types of lighting protection to choose from – active and passive lighting protection systems. There are some main differences between these two systems:

  • The active system guarantees a bigger protection radius (over 100 meters);
  • Placing of the active lighting conductor system on the building is simpler, easier and faster;
  • The active system has less grounding points than the passive solution;

Finally, the active system has more safety and a longer operational period.


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