Lightning Arresters

  A   lightning arrester  or surge diverter is a device that is used to safeguard equipment at substations from traveling waves. In other terms, a lightning arrester directs abnormally high voltage to the ground while   maintaining power supply  continuity. Only when the traveling surge hits the surge diverter, not before or after, does the lightning arrester provide a low-impedance path? Electric fences are protected with lightning arresters. They are made up of a spark gap and, sometimes, a series inductor. These kinds of devices are also used to safeguard transmitters that feed a mast radiator. The series inductance for such devices normally has only one winding. Lightning Arresters Uses Lightning Arresters are widely used all over the world in different industries . Here are the top uses of Lightning Arresters -When a traveling wave reaches the arrestor, its sparks over at a certain prefixed voltage. The arrestor provides a conducting path to the waves of relatively low impedance b