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  2. Lightning arrester - Wikipedia

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    Powerline worker performs maintenance of a lightning arrester on an electrical transmission tower in New Brunswick, Canada. A lightning arrester (alternative spelling lightning arrestor) (also called lightning isolator) is a device, essentially an air gap between an electric wire and ground, used on electric power transmission and telecommunication systems to protect the insulation and ...

  3. Lightning rod - Wikipedia

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    A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it is most likely to strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire, rather than passing through the structure, where it could start a fire or ...

  4. List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers

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    Replaced by concrete tower KAYS-TV Tower, Hays, Kansas: May 29, 1959: Guyed steel tube mast 224 Storm with 105 kt winds [5] Top 150 m of the tower toppled. Replaced within three months by a mast 251 m tall. KOBR-TV Tower, Caprock, New Mexico: 1960: Guyed lattice steel mast 491 Storm Replaced by new mast of same height

  5. Lightning detector - Wikipedia

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    A lightning detector is a device that detects lightning produced by thunderstorms. There are three primary types of detectors: ground-based systems using multiple antennas, mobile systems using a direction and a sense antenna in the same location (often aboard an aircraft), and space-based systems .

  6. Surge protector - Wikipedia

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    Surge Protection Device (SPD) for installation in a low-voltage distribution board. A surge protector (or spike suppressor, surge suppressor, surge diverter, [1] surge protection device (SPD), transient voltage suppressor (TVS) or transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS)) is an appliance or device intended to protect electrical devices in alternating current (AC) circuits from voltage spikes ...

  7. Consumer Cellular phone lines are ridiculously cheap: Here's ...

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    Consumer Cellular uses towers from two other cellular networks: T-Mobile, and AT&T. It’s an MVNO, which means it borrows the technology of other cellular providers to provide expansive coverage.

  8. The 8 best Lightning Deals to shop on Amazon during Black ...

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    Best Black Friday Lightning Deals on Amazon. Inflatable Stand-Up Paddle Board. $150 $210 Save $60 with coupon. See at Amazon. Vinyl Record Player, Bluetooth Turntable. $184 $240 Save $56 with Prime.

  9. Roy Sullivan - Wikipedia

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    The tower was newly built and had no lightning rod at the time; it was said to have been struck seven to eight times. Sullivan described a scene from within the tower, saying that "fire was jumping all over the place". Sullivan was said to then have run out from the burning tower, just before being struck a few feet away by lightning.