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Air-termination system, down conductors, earth-
termination system

Air-termination systems protect the panel and operation
building in case of direct lightning strikes. The metallic sup-
porting frames on which the module systems are installed
can be used to mechanically fix the air-termination rods.
The earth-termination system is intermeshed with mesh
sizes from 20 m x 20 m to 40 m x 40 m. All supporting
frames must be connected to the earth-termination system.
Pile-driven and screw-in foundations ensure connection to
the soil. DEHN offers different types of round conductors
and strips for connecting the earth-termination system to
the PV supporting frames.

The rolling sphere method must be used to determine the
quantity and height of the air-terminations. To this end, at
least class of LPS III is required.

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