Basic Rules for Installation

• AIR TERMIALS MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN 2′ OF AND OUTSIDE CORNER OR RIDGE END
• AIR TERMINALS MUST BE SPACED 20′ APART MAXIMUM
• CABLE MUST BE FASTENED 36″ O.C. MAX
• CABLE BENDS SHALL NOT BE LESS THAT AN 8″ RADIUS
• CABLES SHALL BE RUN HORIZONTAL OR IN A DOWNWARD PATH TO GROUND. IF A CABLE MUST BE RUN UPHILL IT MUST BE RUN AT A 1/4″ SLOPE OR LESS
• METAL BODIES SUCH AS: ATTIC VENTS, VENTS THRU THE ROOF, GUTTERS, ETC. LOCATED WITHIN 6′ OF THE MAIN LIGHTNING PROTECTION CABLE MUST BE BONDED TO THE SYSTEM WITH SECONDARY MATERIAL MINIMUM
• ALL METAL BODIES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN THE LIGHNTING RODS MUST BE BONDED TO THE LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM MUST BE BONDED TO THE FULL SIZE CABLE
• ALL ANTENNAS, SATALITE DISHES, ETC. MUST BE BONDED TO THE SYSTEM WITH A MAIN LIGHTNING PROTECTION CABLE.
• THERE MUST BE A GROUND ROD FOR EVERY 100′ OF PERIMETER SURROUNDING THE STRUCTURE.
  EXAMPLE - 627′ PERIMETER NEEDS 7 GROUND RODS
  EXAMPLE - 701′ PERIMETER NEEDS 8 GROUND RODS
  EXAMPLE - 800′ PERIMETER NEEDS 8 GROUND RODS

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