How to protect your PV from lightning discussed in this app note from Littelfuse. Link here Lightning is an electrical discharge in the atmosphere. When lightning strikes, fires are prone to happen due to the release of energy. Nimbus (rain) clouds, have a concentration of electrical charge, and their accumulation creates an ionization of air. […]
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App note: Damage from a lightning bolt or a spark—It depends on how tall you are!
Here’s an application note from Maxim describing how to protect printed circuit boards (PCBs) against ESD destruction: Large steel buildings, automobiles, mountains, even people survive real atmospheric lightning. Humans can also create their own miniature lightning bolts (sparks) and survive. When those sparks reach an IC, however, major trouble results. In this tutorial, we will discuss […]