How Does a Lightning Rod Protect a House?
Grounding the Current jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/c0/iv/lightning-rod-protect-house-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Lightning rod; photo by Der Unfassbare/Wikimedia Commons Lightning strikes are essentially extreme electrically charged emissions. A lightning rod attracts the lightning strike away from other portions of the house. The electricity of lightning obeys the same laws of physics as other electrical occurrences. Therefore, the electricity readily travels through the rod into the ground via a conducting cable. Copper Attracts Lightning jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/c0/iv/lightning-rod-protect-house-2.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Cable connected to the lightning rod; photo by Der Unfassbare/Wikimedia Commons Lightning rods made of aluminum or copper are installed on the house’s roof. Depending on the size of the
