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SPDs AMD 2

Chris Pearson
Well, I'll kick off the debate on SPDs. Once again, the emphasis seems to be on domestic (we all, or virtually all of us live in a home of one sort or another) so are the proposals an improvement or not?
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    Would a building with a foundation electrode be more susceptible to a lightning “strike” but with SPDs better able to mitigate a lightning “stroke”?
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    wallywombat:

    I think the "injury/death" is targeted more along the lines of "if a transient of any form takes out some electrics, does the failure of those electrics risk injury/death? E.g. medical locations.


    Following GK's comment upon the BS EN 62305 series, I looked it up. Hospitals are exactly what is in mind as far as the risk of injury or death is concerned. Imagine a near lightning strike/stroke taking out the equipment in ITU!


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    wallywombat:
    gkenyon:

    Why don't you submit a comment suggesting that ...




    I was going to wait for feedback from this forum first!




    OK, WW since we seem to be singing from the same song sheet, let's agree a "comment". One of us can post it and the other can say, "I agree".


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