Report on Application of Lightning Protective Devices in Wartime

The features in the preceding paragraphs have been presented and discussed with the thought in mind that the information may be helpful to those who have the lightning or overvoltage protection problem to deal with. It is not intended that all of these suggestions be applied without careful study and thought; in fact, unless such a detailed study is made of systems now in use or proposed, the full benefits of the applications suggested will most likely not be obtained. It is hoped that this paper will stimulate constructive thought on the part of those who have the responsibility of designing and operating protective systems already installed or to be installed in the future. It should be kept in mind that in applying some of these suggestions, the failure rate on the protective devices themselves may increase, but it is believed that if the conditions of each situation are considered and action taken on an engineering basis, the net over-all effect will be of considerable benefit to the war effort.