BSEN 62305: 2006 ‘Protection against Lightning’
In September 2008 the new European standard BSEN 62305:2006 ‘Protection against Lightning’ superseded the previous British standard BS 6651:1999 ‘Protection of Structures against Lightning’.


One of the initial changes in BSEN is that a risk assessment* is required to determine what type/class of protection is needed to obtain a tolerable risk level which now includes for surge protection on incoming power, data, communications, etc supply lines for the building/structure in question.

* Ensure when calculating risk on specialist/bespoke software programmes the UK standard is selected.

The decision to provide lightning protection may be taken regardless of the outcome of any risk assessment where there is a desire that there be no avoidable risk.

For information to a new build/project requiring either a risk assessment, design, installation quotation or for an existing system a test/inspection, maintenance, repair quotation please contact us.

 

Related Links

 

• BSEN 62305:2006 'Protection against lightning'

• Protection against lightning

(A guide to practical application of BSEN 62305 - BSI Document BIP 2118)

• DEHN

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UK website


• A guide to BSEN 62305:2006 from Amazon

• A guide to BSEN 62305:2006 from Furse