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IOT
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Smart Effective Lightning
Protection Technology
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF BUILDING
DEVELOPERS AND MANAGERS?

A RELIABLE A PERMANENTLY
LIGHTNING PROTECTION CONNECTED
SYSTEM. PRODUCT.

It must ensure maximum safety against direct Predictive maintenance, real time fault detection, data
lightning damages to structures and occupants. collection during the product complete life cycle …
Laboratory tests, real lightning test campaigns, are expected features by engineers. They require the
standards compliance, international certifications by capability to supervise the lightning protection system
independent organizations are required. That offers conditions on demand with a user-friendly interface.
building developers and owners a long-term state-of-
the-art protection.

For more than 3 years, the Lightning Innovation and Research Institute LIRI engineers have been working on
these requirements: develop a new version of the PREVECTRON 3® lightning rod to meet real time 24/24
connection expectations. Researches were carried out with three priorities:

Maintain the unique Confirm the

Develop a permanent
PREVECTRON 3® PREVECTRON 3®
connection to the
high-tech advantages, Connect reliability in
lightning rod thanks to
that make the product compliance with
the IoT technology.
so successful. latest international
standards.
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PREVECTRON 3® UNIQUE ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY

The patented OptiMax technology provides the

Early Streamer Emission air terminal a perfect OptiMax
performance and protection repeatability. This Technology
innovative system leads to a 40% reduction
of the standard deviations measured in High
Voltage Laboratory: Less variations mean a more Optimized
reliable upward streamer development process. Performance
It significantly improves the lightning
protection performance and reliability.

Launched in 2015, the

PREVECTRON 3® has been the
first ever Early Streamer Emission
lightning rod tested and certified
by two international certification
organizations: Bureau Veritas and Underwriters
Laboratories (UL). Thanks to its LIRI research center and
scientific partnerships in several countries, INDELEC
continues to conduct very stringent test campaigns
to qualify its products. The PREVECTRON 3® is for
example the first ESE air terminal successfully
submitted to more than 200,000 A discharges in
laboratory.

In-planet

SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY.
Besides the test campaigns and certification processes, the sustainability of the PREVECTRON 3®
design and development has been permanently taken into account: 100% made in France, reduced
weight, increased life cycle, modular design… Its reduced carbon footprint meets current sustainable
development expectations. The PREVECTRON 3® has been awarded the Prize of Excellence by the
AvniR jury, promoting its eco-design expertise and innovation.
 IOT CONNECTIVITY

IoT technology spreads quickly

into the industry. It supports the
connection of industrial components
to Internet.
Users have a permanent access to
monitor their equipment remotely:
condition, temperatures, voltage,
safety parameters etc… can be
remotely monitored.

www.indelec-connect.com

M2M (Machine to Machine) technology has been network connection, no space on the client servers,
selected by the Lightning Innovation & Research no impact on client internet bandwidth… As a pure
Institute. The PREVECTRON 3® Connect uses the “Plug & Play” solution, the PREVECTRON 3® Connect
widely available GSM/GPRS Quad-Band telecom simply and automatically logs on Internet as soon as it’s
networks. installed on site.
The lightning rod communicates its information to Indelec-connect.com site is available on every type
the user on a dedicated and secured web portal of browser and devices: desktops, laptops, IoS and
www.indelec-connect.com: condition, lightning Android smartphones,…). Users access to the list
discharge, battery charge, network quality etc… of installed PREVECTRON3® Connect lightning rods,
with detailed information to monitor and maintain the air
Thanks to this innovation, the system does not require
terminals.
a specific emitter – receiver installation on site, no local
 THE PROTECTION AREA
THE PROTECTION RADIUS (Rp) OF A PREVECTRON 3®
LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR IS CALCULATED ACCORDING
TO FRENCH STANDARD NF C 17-102 : 2011, THUS :

Rp (h) = √2rh -h² + Δ(2r + Δ) for h ≥ 5m

et
Rp= h x Rp (5)/5 for 2m ≤ h ≤ 5m

The protection radius depends on a number of factors :

• h(m) : is the height of the ESEAT tip over the horizontal plane
through the furthest point of the object/area to be protected.
• r(m) : 20 m, 30m, 45m or 60m according to the Protection Level I,
II, III or IV assessed for the site using the Risk Analysis calculation
(NF C 17-102 : 2011 Annex A).
• Δ (m) : Δ = Δ T x 106. Field experience has proved that is equal to
the efficiency obtained during the ESEAT evaluation tests.

PROTECTION RADIUS
PROTECTION LEVEL I  : r = 20 m PROTECTION LEVEL II : r = 30 m

H (m) 2 3 4 5 10 H (m) 2 3 4 5 10
S 60 31 47 63 79 79 S 60 34 52 68 86 88
S 50 27 41 55 68 69 S 50 30 45 60 76 77
S 40 23 35 46 58 59 S 40 26 39 52 65 67
TS 25 17 24 34 42 44 TS 25 19 29 39 49 51
TS 10 10 15 21 26 28 TS 10 12 19 25 31 34

PROTECTION LEVEL III : r = 45 m PROTECTION LEVEL IV : r = 60 m

H (m) 2 3 4 5 10 H (m) 2 3 4 5 10
S 60 39 58 78 97 99 S 60 43 64 85 107 109
S 50 34 52 69 86 88 S 50 38 57 76 95 98
S 40 30 45 60 75 77 S 40 33 50 67 84 87
TS 25 23 34 46 57 61 TS 25 26 39 52 65 69
TS 10 15 22 30 38 42 TS 10 17 26 34 43 49

S range TS range
ADVANCED TRIGGERING T 60 µs 50 µs 40 µs 25 µs 10 µs
Height 654 mm 609 mm
Diameter (body) 200 mm 140 mm
DIMENSIONS
Diameter (Maxi) 317 mm 261 mm
Diameter (rod) 20 mm 20 mm
WEIGHT kg 6,9 kg 6,3 kg 6,0 kg 5,0 kg 4,8 kg
CONNECTION Thread M20 M20
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STANDARD COMPLIANCE
AND TECHNICAL VALIDATION

Lightning is a natural phenomenon. Lightning air

terminals are exposed to a very large range of
events: extreme climatic conditions (temperatures,
humidity…), high intensity electrical shocks up
The PREVECTRON to several hundreds of thousands of Amperes,
3® Connect is a unpredictable lightning frequency…
fully innovative product.
Substantiating its compliance and Lightning Protection standards such as NF C
reliability requires multiple standard 17 102, UNE 21 186 or NP4426 include detailed
references, test campaigns and testing procedures that covers such extraordinary
field tests, conducted by our R&D tough conditions. The PREVECTRON 3®
Connect successfully passed these series of
engineers in more than 20
tests. Its integrated Lightning Counter was also
countries, from artic to tropical
tested according to the IEC 62 561 – 6 Edition
areas. 2 standard, confirming its full compliance to all
relevant standards in the industry.

Lastly, the IoT connected system requires

specific attention to work in severe
electro-magnetic lightning conditions and
meet the CE marking requirements. INDELEC
develops dedicated testing processes,
both in the LiRi Lab and in real lightning
conditions, to confirm the PREVECTRON 3®
Connect compatibility in such environment.

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