Lightning is a unique form of electricity. Only a trained expert, familiar with this specialized industry and the national codes and standards that govern it, should install your system. Summer is the peak season for one of the nation's deadliest weather phenomena— lightning.
Lightning is a capricious, random and unpredictable event. Its physical characteristics include current levels sometimes in excess of 400 kA, temperatures to 50,000 degrees F., and speeds approaching one third the speed of light. Globally, some 2000 on-going thunderstorms cause about 100 lightning strikes to earth each second. USA insurance company information shows one homeowner's damage claim for every 57 lightning strikes.
Data about commercial, government, and industrial lightning-caused losses is not available. Annually in the USA lightning causes more than 26,000 fires with damage to property (NLSI estimates) in excess of $5-6 billion.
For the past five years, Gorman Lightning Protection has been installing lightning protection systems in homes and business in Santa Fe and across the entire s State of New Mexico. We are sole distributors in New Mexico of the high performing ECLE (East Coast Lightning Equipment) lightning protection systems. The ECLE products meet or exceed the requirements for lightning protection components established by the following national safety standards
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