GROMOSTAR lightning rods and lightning protection equipment manufactured by ORW-ELS Sp. z o.o. have been tested and meet the requirements of PN-EN 50164-1: 2010* regarding the resistance of lightning protection components to lightning current and the requirements of NF C 17-102: 2011.
The requirements of the PN-EN 50164-1 standard were referred to in the standard for lightning protection of construction buildings PN-EN 62305, where it was clearly stated that LPS elements should be able to withstand damage caused by lightning current and accidental stresses. At the same time, it was written that this can be achieved by selecting elements that have been successfully tested in accordance with the multi-part PN-EN 50164-1 standard.
Tests of LPS components in accordance with this standard include conditioning / aging tests (checking the quality of coatings), tests of determinations and lightning current impact tests.
* EN 50164-1: 2010 has been replaced by EN 62561-1: 2012
The NF C 17-102 standard of September 2011 regarding lightning protection systems using a lightning conductor with an early leader emission defines the requirements and testing procedures for PDA lightning conductors.
Test procedure according to NF C 17-102:
- general tests (sample marking, documentary information and identification),
- mechanical tests (checking dimensional parameters),
- environmental tests (salt fog treatment, humid sulphur atmosphere),
- electrical tests (current tests),
- effectiveness testing (experimental assembly, climate parameters registration, effectiveness measurement).
- Environmental tests (resistance to neutral salt fog, resistance to SO2 humidity) and readability tests carried out in 2012 at the Institute of Building Technology ITB, Group of Research Laboratories accredited by the Polish Centre for Accreditation, Laboratory of Building Materials in Warsaw.
- High-current tests conducted in 2012 at the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microsynthesis of the Laboratory of Simulated Atmospheric Discharge in Warsaw.
- Lightning rod effectiveness tests conducted in 2012 and 2015 at the SIAME Laboratory of Engineering Sciences applied in Mechanics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in Pau, France.
- INSTITUTE OF ENERGY Research Institute in Warsaw confirmed the positive results of laboratory tests and the use of GROMOSTAR lightning protection systems in lightning protection systems, as well as the product's compliance with the requirements contained in NF C 17-102: 2011 and PN-EN 62561-1: 2012 by granting the IEn CERTIFICATE.
- Comparative studies of GROMOSTAR PDA lightning rods in inactive (with a short-circuit booster system - simulation of Franklin lightning rod) and active (open booster system) tests were carried out in 2012 at the SIAME High Voltage Laboratory of the University of Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in Pau, France. The results obtained at that time are credible confirmation of the greater effectiveness of the GROMOSTAR PDA lightning rod in relation to the Franklin lightning rod.
Reports from the abovementioned research are available on request.
GROMOSTAR lightning rod during performance testing at the Siame Laboratory of the PAU University in France.
GROMOSTAR lightning current test in the Laboratory of the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microsynthesis in Warsaw.
