5 tips to Protect your Property from Lightning

We are approaching that time of the year again when rain, lightning and electrical storms can be a common daily occurrence. There is no way to stop Mother Nature, however, there are some precautionary measures that can be taken in order to save your property from damaging electrical storms.



Florida averages $6 million in property damage each year from lightning strikes. The large population of high rise buildings in South Florida can create dangerous working conditions during thunderstorms since taller objects are more likely to be struck by lightning as opposed to objects that are closer to the ground. Power surges from a lightning strike can travel through air, the ground and other conductive material. These power surges can damage your sensitive electronic components causing system failure or full system replacement.



Here are five tips to help you secure your infrastructure from lightning:

  1. Inspection
-     Plan ahead and make sure you are properly prepared for undesirable weather, have your equipment professionally inspected annually for faulty hardware, loose wiring, battery backups, proper surge protection, etc.

  1. Ground Your System
-    Grounding your system does four things: (1) It drains off accumulated charges so that lightning is not highly attracted to your system. (2) If lightning does strike, or if a high charge does build up, your ground connection provides a safe path for discharge directly to the earth rather than through your wiring. (3) It reduces shock hazard from the higher voltage (AC) parts of your system, and (4) reduces electrical hum and radio caused by inverters, motors, fluorescent lights and other devices.

  1. Surge Protectors
-       A surge protector will prevent a power spike from burning out the motherboard, hard drive, power supply and other devices most commonly found in gate operators & access control hardware.

  1. Battery Backup
-      Battery Backups are essential for gates, door strikes, elevators, access control equipment, etc. A battery back up can maintain operation of critical equipment until utility power is restored or until the equipment can be properly shut down.

  1. Water Damage Prevention

-      If water is present within your gate operators or access control devices, shortages or voltage surges can damage your entire system

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