Grounding for electric vehicles has many benefits for both these vehicles and those who use it. First of all, life safety is ensured. Grounding protects people from electric shock. A grounded electric vehicle runs smoothly and more efficiently. Magnetic jumps in the electric vehicles and cables will not damage the vehicle due to grounding.

Another benefit of grounding is the presence of lightning rods. Lightning occurs by the displacement of positive and negative energies occurring in the clouds. Protect from lightning and the most serious measure that can be taken to prevent damage to used electric vehicles. Lightning arrester systems, the sudden and high voltage occurring at the time of the lightning occurrence, the ground through the ground line is the system. Sudden high voltages caused by the lightning, earthing system passes the ground by following the predetermined path and thus prevent possible loss of life and property.

Lightning rods systems that protect workplaces, residences and industrial facilities from lightning. Briefly, lightning is the rapid displacement of electric charges between earth and cloud. Four types of lightning occur according to the electrical charge in the cloud, negative or positive, the lightning from the ground or the cloud: negative descent, negative output, positive descent and positive output. However, 90 of lightning is negative.

Actually, the working principle of the lightning rods is not to transmit the electric charge to the ground, but to prevent it from falling before the lightning strikes. Electricity tends to concentrate on objects that are pointed. Lightning occurs at the top of the building where lightning occurs, minus loads occur on the bottom of the rain clouds and pushes the minus loads in the lightning rod to the ground by means of a copper cable. As a result, the lightning load remains at the end of the lightning rod. These plus loads also spray upwards and neutralize minus loads in rain clouds. This prevents the lightning from falling off.

It is necessary to make regular maintenance of the lightning rods that are so intertwined with electricity. This obligation brings the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Health and Safety Requirements Regulation in the Use of Work Equipment. The tables in the annexes to this regulation (Annex 3 Maintenance, Repair and Periodic Controls), lightning rods, Electrical Installation, Grounding Installation, are included in the group of lightning rods. For lightning arresters at least once a year periodic check-up and their mines.

Periodic inspections of the earthing of electrical installations according to the regulation, while periodic inspections of the lightning conductors must be carried out by electrical engineers, electrical technicians or high technicians.

The legal arrangements to be taken as basis during these controls are:

  • Regulation on Grounding in Electrical Installations
  • Regulation on Electrical High Current Plants
  • Electrical Internal Facilities Regulation

In addition, the standard for the design, selection and installation of electrical installations must also be observed. TS EN 60079-14 Electrical devices - Part 14 used in explosive atmospheres.

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