Lightning System Audit
EA Technology’s Lightning System Audit service provides independent, expert advice on the most cost effective lightning protection systems to guard against damage to assets from electrical storms: and because we do not sell or install one-size-fits-all protection systems, they ensure the optimum balance between cost and risk mitigation for specific sites.
Our recommendations ensure compliance with the British Standard Agency’s BSEN 62305 guidelines, which became a regulatory requirement in 2008.
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- Recommendations are based on detailed site surveys by EA Technology experts
- Independent advice can be used as the basis for internal work plans or external tenders
- Our lightning protection systems are purpose-designed for your needs, to maximise value
- Minimise risk to your assets and personnel
- Ensure compliance with BS EN 62305
3 steps to cost-effective lightning protection
‘Our protection systems are more cost effective than generic solutions, because they are based on the specific risks to each structure’
1 Site Survey & Measurements 
- We survey the location and purpose of structures to be protected in your site
- We carry out a detailed survey of existing lightning protection systems on site, including: • Assessing their effectiveness • Identifying current systems which are suitable for modification
- We perform measurements to establish the suitability of using existing structures as part of the lightning protection system
The first step is to establish how much the structures on you site are at risk of lightning strikes. We therefore:
- Check detailed records of lightning activity in the area of the site over the past 20+ years, collected by our unique Lightning Location Data & Display System
- Examine the geographical location of your site
This process provides a precise, individual and useable lightning risk assessment.
3 Recommendations - We combine the information gathered in Stage 1 and 2 to provide a detailed risk assessment of individual structures, based on historical strike data for the area, vulnerability and existing protection systems
- We identify areas of the site where lightning protection is required
- We provide recommendations on the most appropriate techniques for lightning protection, based on our analysis of risk and cost/benefits
LIGHTNING LOCATION DATA & DISPLAY SYSTEM
Subscribe to EA Technology’s unique
lightning tracker service to receive detailed plots of electrical storms online, as they develop and move, in real time. The system is widely used by the electricity industry to ensure the safety of personnel and prepare for potential damage to assets. It includes the facility to ‘replay’ records of lightning strikes, to establish the causes of damage.