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Lightning is one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces. Lightning strikes pose a threat to life, can damage the structures in which we live and work, and the electronic systems within.

Implementing a reliable Earthing and Lightning Protection system is critical for ensuring the safety of people, protecting equipment and complying with the regulations. ABB’s Furse® Earthing & Lightning Protection presents a complete solution for safeguarding against lightning risk. With a heritage of over 130 years, the Furse® brand is recognized worldwide for its total solutions related to safety and protection of people, structures and electrical services within the built environment.

In this article, we highlight the dangers and risks of lightning and the need for a complete solution to protect life and assets within buildings.

Lightning contains a massive amount of electrical energy. The discharges, even though of short durations, measure from several thousand to over 200,000 Amps (enough to light half a million 100-watt bulbs) and can cause significant damage and destruction to property around. The devastating consequences are

– Serious structural damages to buildings due to the fire and explosion

– Trees blown apart, personal injuries and even loss of life

– Electric shock hazards and trips

– Indirect lightning creates transient overvoltages which degrade electronic systems and disrupt essential services

Though the effects of a direct strike are obvious and immediately apparent, the secondary effects of lightning called transient overvoltages can cause equally catastrophic damage to electronic systems within structures.

Earthing standards demand critical safety of the electrical installation and the personnel at site. Both quality of design and product material are paramount. This is why there is a dire need for a Total Solution to earthing and lightning protection – an approach which delivers effective life safety, together with long lasting, reliable protection of the structure and electronic systems within.

ABB Furse® Earthing & Lightning Protection

Furse® earthing and lightning protection from ABB provides a complete protection solution against lightning risk and electrical surges. The Furse® brand is synonymous with world-leading earthing, lightning and electronic systems protection and delivers the most complete and effective protection against lightning and earth fault current risk, safeguarding life, structures and electronic systems within.

At Electric Way, a reputed electrical supplier in the UAE, we offer the best earthing and lighting protection systems that cater to a wide range of industry sectors. Let us know the industry you operate in, and we’ll assess how we can further protect your buildings from unpredictable forces.

Feel free to contact our electrical professionals for assistance. From carrying out the initial assessment through to on-site supervision, testing and commissioning we’ll help you achieve the highest level of lightning protection. Also, if you need a specific Furse item our team will be happy to assist you.