Could anyone give me a little (lesson) info on Church steeple/roof grounding.
On all the jobs I've ever been on I cant remember the layout for the lighting rods,including the one on the steeple, or the size of the wire or how it was fastened.
I wired a church back in the late 70's and I left the job before the lightning work was done.
I do remember that the work was to be subed ot "due to liability"....to some company out West.Is liability for this type work such an issue that a company specializing in this work must be brought on site.
The reason this all comes to mind is that recently I was installing battery emergency lights in my church. One of the board members asked if I could tell them how to refasten the ground wire(proper fastener to use) on the steeple.The wire is still connected to ground, but was left unsupported after painting, and I guess the issue was what are the proper fasteners and how to go about it.
Thanks
On all the jobs I've ever been on I cant remember the layout for the lighting rods,including the one on the steeple, or the size of the wire or how it was fastened.
I wired a church back in the late 70's and I left the job before the lightning work was done.
I do remember that the work was to be subed ot "due to liability"....to some company out West.Is liability for this type work such an issue that a company specializing in this work must be brought on site.
The reason this all comes to mind is that recently I was installing battery emergency lights in my church. One of the board members asked if I could tell them how to refasten the ground wire(proper fastener to use) on the steeple.The wire is still connected to ground, but was left unsupported after painting, and I guess the issue was what are the proper fasteners and how to go about it.
Thanks
