Old Barn Lightning Rods

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Old barn lightning rods.

Installer s bag of nos shinn lightning rod cable staples. Our old barn has three lightning rods with glass balls but our house has none. Free shipping on. While taller objects have a higher possibility of receiving strikes there have.

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Antique lightning rod arrow with stand and copper rod. Or best offer. When lightning rods are separate from weather vanes they have five parts including the cable that runs to the ground. The barn is taller so would this attract lightning away from the house.

A braided copper or aluminum cable made for lightning systems connects the rods and runs into the ground to dissipate a charge. 5 out of 5 stars 139 139 reviews. Rods at least 1o higher than the structure are placed at intervals along high points such as the roof crest ridge chimney or along the perimeter of a flat roof. Antique copper rooster weathervane from old maine barn original.

Although your barn may be closer to the sky than your house lightning strikes are known to be unpredictable.