Common use of Earthing and Lightning Protection Clause in Contracts

Earthing and Lightning Protection. The objective is to limit the touch potentials on structures and equipment and to provide low impedance return path to limit the damage to equipment by fault currents, during normal or abnormal system conditions. Also, is to protect the installations from lightning strikes by conducting the strike through a preferred path to earth. Earthing and lightning protection is done in accordance to 240 – 56356396 – Earthing and Lightning Standard.