Nowadays, climate change is abnormal and natural disasters are frequent. Compared with earthquakes and floods, lightning disasters, as "one of the ten most serious natural disasters", have not attracted enough attention, and their destructive power is very amazing. With the advent of the electronic age, the scope of lightning hazards has also been expanding, which has gradually penetrated into families from the previous traditional electric power and construction fields. Similar cases are common, and the current situation of lightning protection is worrying!

On May 21, 2004, Meihekou in Tonghua City was struck by lightning. A spherical mine disappeared after entering the room from the window of a resident's home and made household appliances. Power switch, circuit all damaged, fortunately did not cause casualties.

On July 12 of the same year, more than 200 household appliances in 74 households in Jinhe Fairview Garden, Pudong, Shanghai were broken down by powerful lightning currents, and some unturned electrical appliances were also damaged.

In addition, a square household in Dongsheng District of qitaihe city suffered lightning strikes for two consecutive years. The roof porcelain pipe smoke was smashed. Lightning current entered the room along the power line, damaging 2 televisions, 1 refrigerator and 2 mobile phones being charged. Five power switch sockets, wires buried in the wall were knocked out of the wall, resulting in an economic loss of 20000 yuan. The reason is that the household did not install lightning protection facilities, and the household also suffered lightning strikes last year.

Some experts pointed out that lightning accidents occur frequently, lightning protection work without delay. In the family, relying only on lightning rod is not enough to protect the safety of indoor electrical appliances. Lightning rod only protects against direct lightning strike and helps solve the problem of the building itself, while various household appliances in the room cannot be guaranteed. The family must be in accordance with the lightning protection guidelines, the standard installation of home lightning protection equipment, such as power lightning protection and signal lightning protection, etc., better protection of home electrical safety.

1. In case of thunderstorm, turn off the power supply of all household appliances in the home as much as possible, do not open the window or touch the metal frame on the edge of the window, and do not use mobile phones or computers to prevent lightning from invading through communication signal lines and causing danger.

2. In accordance with national regulations and local laws and regulations, buildings should be mandatory to install lightning protection facilities. Therefore, the editor reminds residents to pay more attention when purchasing new houses to ensure that the houses have lightning protection facilities and ensure that the lightning protection facilities are qualified for acceptance. Check to eliminate potential safety hazards.

3, choose a safe and reliable lightning protection device. Among them, the power supply lightning protector is installed at the main incoming line of the power supply, which has the effect of rapid discharge current to the transient overvoltage generated by the induction lightning, and effectively protects the electrical equipment from impact and damage. After doing a good job of lightning protection, the lightning protection of signal lines should also be strengthened, and corresponding signal lightning protection devices should be installed to ensure the safety of telephones, networks, televisions and other equipment.

In short, with the development of social economy, smart home gradually into people's lives, for household appliances lightning protection work, will be an inevitable trend of development. Kejia Electric will also work with you to do a good job in lightning safety protection and stay away from lightning hazards.