Title :
Experimental study on surge current to customer´s facility owing to lightning stroke on television antenna
Author :
Furukawa, Seiji ; Asakawa, Akira ; Hosokawa, Takeshi ; Yokoyama, Shigeru
Author_Institution :
Central Res. Inst. of Electr. Power Ind., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
The effect of SPDs (surge protective devices) against a lightning stroke on an antenna was clarified. In case of common earth method, SPDs can reduce the current passing through equipment such as an electric appliance connected to the antenna (antenna equipment), an electric appliance connected to the earth line (earth equipment), and an electric appliance connected to a communication line (communication equipment) by the common earth method. Moreover, it is clarified that lightning current flows easily to a metal lath in the wall of a house particularly in the wave front part.
Keywords :
antenna earths; lightning protection; surge protection; television antennas; antenna equipment; communication equipment; earth equipment; earth method; lightning strike; surge current; surge protective devices; television antenna; Arresters; Circuit testing; Earth; Home appliances; Lightning; Power supplies; Protection; Surges; TV; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Compatibility (APEMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5621-5
DOI :
10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475845
