What are the different types of lightning rods?
Lightning rods were first developed in America’s colonial days to protect buildings from fire generated through lightning strikes. They are mounted on the roofs of buildings and connected to the ground through wire. Lightning will strike the rod before hitting the building, travel through the wire to the ground keeping the building safe.The types of rods placed on buildings has changed very little over the ensuing couple hundred years. Recently, lightning rods have gone high tech, incorporating energy storage as part of a comprehensive energy protection system to keep homes and important buildings secure from the hazards of lightning strikes. Blunt-Tipped Lightning Rods Blunt-tipped lightning rods were invented in Europe by Václav Prokop Diviš between 1750 and 1754 (European records are unclear) as a means of protecting people and their dwellings from lightning strikes. These devices were reasoned to have an effective disbursement radius and grounding effect over the steeples of church
