<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>A little late to the party here, but it might interest you all to know that the military has its own well-constructed standards for lightning protection. Army <a href="http://www.army.mil/usapa/eng/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/tm5_690.pdf">Technical Manual 5-690</a> is a wonderful educational resource that explains the rationale for various measures quite clearly (and covers much of what NFPA 780 requires, but at no charge to the reader.)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jul 31, 2010, at 14:28 , Kelly Keilwitz, Whidbey Sun & Wind wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi All,<div>I'm working on the design for a PV & Wind power system for a military installation. The specs call for Lightning Protection as follows:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">"</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Provide a complete lightning protection system with a UL Lightning Protection Inspection Certificate. </span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">including, but not necessarily limited to, strike termination devices, conductors, ground terminals, </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">interconnecting conductors, surge suppression devices, and other connectors and fittings required for </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">a complete and usable system. "</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div></blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Anyone have an idea of what qualifies? Is there a package product that has the "UL Lightning Protection Inspection Certificate"?</span></font></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks,</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-Kelly</span></font></span></font><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div>Kelly Keilwitz, P.E.</div><div>Whidbey Sun & Wind</div><div>Renewable Energy Systems</div><div>NABCEP Certified PV Installer</div><div><a href="mailto:kelly@whidbeysunwind.com">kelly@whidbeysunwind.com</a></div><div>360.678.7131</div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>