VIDEO – Goodbye lightning in the boat! How? With this Made in Italy system.
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The problem of lightning in boats is very important, though often underestimated, especially for those who sail in areas where thunderstorms are commonplace. Euthalia Marine is a company in Gallarate, in the province of Varese, Italy, that produces a system to protect the boat from all types of lightning strikes.
Euthalia – A masthead antenna is the heart of the system
The heart of Euthalia’s system is a kind of antenna, which mounts at the masthead, and together with all the boat’s other metal connectivity and air filters placed inside form the complete protection around the boat. This system does not work like the classic lightning rod, which attracts electrical discharges and then disperses them. Unlike the classic system invented by Franklin, Euthalia’s system does not attract lightning but forms a bubble to protect against lightning and prevent it from forming. This helps prevent damage to the boat and people, fire formation, equipment and electrical system failure. We visited the Euthalia booth at Mets 2022, and in the video below they explain to you directly how the system works to ward off lightning.
Euthalia – How the system works to ward off lightning strikes
As explained in the video, Euthalia‘s system collects charges and transmits them to the antenna, where they are reflected back to the sky. This prevents charges of opposite sign from meeting, effectively preventing lightning from forming. What happens, however, if the charges coming from the sky are higher than those reflected by the antenna? In this case, the first step of lightning formation is totally dissipated within the system and converted into sound energy and heat, without discharging to sea or land. Thus, the Euthalia system is not made to protect but to prevent lightning strikes, both direct and indirect, and it also protects the power line from surges, for example, when connecting to sockets at the dock. In addition, it is a totally passive system, which therefore does not produce energy for its operation: innovative and sustainable.
System protects monuments halfway around the world
Euthalia is the new name of Ingelva, a company that has been designing, manufacturing and marketing systems to protect against lightning strikes since 1947. For 0over 70 years their systems have been installed to protect monuments, public buildings, airports and stadiums. Any examples? Euthalia–formerly Ingelva–protects theFlaminio Obelisk in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo, Spoleto Cathedral, Ningbo LisheInternational Airport in China,San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, but also a great many cultural and artistic assets.
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