Distribution properties of lightning surge current induced from earth electrodes in household wiring

Author

Yasui, Shinji ; Niwa, Masataka ; Okumura, Taisuke

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Nagoya, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

2-7 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In the modern information society, lightning surges represent a serious risk to home electronics and telecommunication equipment. In this study, the distribution properties of a lightning surge current from the earth through indoor wiring were investigated by using model circuits of common home electronics. The distribution properties of the surge current were significantly affected by the conditions of the grounding systems, protection devices, and the circuits of home electronics. To protect the electrical circuits from the lightning surge, it is necessary to adopt a common grounding system and to introduce appropriate protection devices.

Keywords

building wiring; earthing; electrodes; lightning protection; surge protection; distribution properties; earth electrodes; electrical circuits; grounding systems; home electronics; household wiring; indoor wiring; lightning surge current; model circuits; modern information society; protection devices; telecommunication equipment; Atmospheric modeling; Current measurement; Facsimile; Grounding; Industries; Resistance; Varistors; grounding system; household wiring; lightning surge; protection device; surge current;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1898-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1896-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344313

Filename

6344313