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Lightning Arresters Protect Homes, Industries From Surges

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Lightning Arresters Protect Homes, Industries From Surges

Tom Gallagher · 2026-10-17T06:20:31.969Z

I put a surge protector on my panel after losing a fridge in a storm and it worked when lightning hit nearby last summer.

5 sourcesUpdated Oct 17, 20261 min read

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Lightning Arresters Protect Homes, Industries From Surges — Photo: Stan Zurek, Editor-in-Chief of Encyclopedia Magnetica, E-Magnetica.pl / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Lightning arresters and related protection systems help prevent damage to residential and industrial electrical equipment from lightning strikes and voltage surges by channeling excess current safely to ground. The article describes roof-mounted rods and towers, surge-protective devices used in electrical panels, and high-tension arresters designed for transmission lines and industrial systems.

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Factories need these on their lines more than homes do because one bad surge can shut everything down for hours.
Tom Gallagher⚡711h
I put a surge protector on my panel after losing a fridge in a storm and it worked when lightning hit nearby last summer.

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