Lightning Master General Safety Checklist
Lightning Master is a full service static solutions and lightning transient protection company. We have been serving the oil, gas, and chemical industries since 1984, and since then, safety for our customers and employees has been top priority. Every year workplace injuries cost the economy 198.2 billion dollars. Our goal is to reduce this number by providing […]
Preventing Flash Fires in the Oil and Gas Industry
In the United States, every single day someone is sent to a burn center due to a flash fire involving electrical equipment. In the oil and gas industry, it is very important to understand how easily a flash fire can be created and how to prevent it. What are Flash Fires? The first step to preventing them is […]
How Do You Give Your Clients What They Need? R&D and QA/QC
Sometimes you simply have to build a better mousetrap. While we provide the systems that keep people and equipment safer like: static and lightning protection for tanks, surge suppression, and bonding and grounding solutions; Lightning Master’s unparalleled Research and Development team, our Engineers, and our in-house production facility are in constant collaboration to advance the […]
Static and Lightning Protection for Production Tanks
Steel and fiberglass production tanks are subject to myriad vulnerabilities. They require multiple layers of static and lightning protection including: Dissipation of static and bound charge (potential) on the stored product Direct lightning attachment to the tank or tank battery Bonding of all masses of inductance on the tank and battery There exist solutions that […]
Welcome to Our New Website
Our industry is an educated one; with clients who understand the nuts and bolts of safety and system criticalities. The new website we’ve developed centers on fueling our customers with a consistent flow of relevant information to provide them indispensable data. As designers, manufacturers, and suppliers of static solutions and lightning protection, it is our responsibility to […]
Made In the USA
What we do is clear. We provide a comprehensive line of lightning and static protection products and solutions like: Streamer Delaying Air Terminals, Static Dissipaters, In-Tank Static Drains (ITSD’s), Movable Arm Grounding Systems (MAGS), and other storage tank protection systems. With our patented technologies and engineered site solutions, we offer the lightning protection vital to […]
Grounding for Antennas & Transmission Lines
Download the PDF It was a stormy night… The importance of grounding. It’s nearly done. After all those months, weeks, days and nights of hard work, the wireless system is almost up and running. Tomorrow, the local telephone service provider will be bringing in the T1 lines, the wireless will be connected to the wire-line […]
Static Dissipation Arrays
Download the PDF Static dissipation arrays: a buyer’s guide Static dissipation array is a generic description of a system using point discharge phenomenon to protect a given object or area from a lightning strike. Static dissipation arrays are available in a variety of forms and have received various marketing pelations from their manufacturers. They have […]
Lightning Protection Theory: More Fuel for the Debate
Download the PDF A clear understanding of the operational theory of streamer-delaying products might lead the technology’s opponents to take another look and to devote some of their energy to figuring out how and why it works. Bruce A. Kaiser Six years ago there raged in these pages a debate over the benefits of static dissipation as […]
Single-Point Grounding For Communications Sites
Download the PDF Single-point grounding is the most critical element of a three-part process involving effective bonding and grounding, transient voltage surge suppression and structural lightning protection. “Single-point grounding” is a current buzzword in protecting communications sites from the ravages of lightning and general ground transients. Bruce A. Kaiser, President of Lightning Master, Clearwater, Florida. […]
