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Air terminals, conductor bends, down conductors, ground rods, ground rings, the bonding distance, side flash, SPDs and the rolling sphere. Each topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 65 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 61 topics.
You're walking a job with the inspector. He stops at a down conductor running a foot from a metal pipe inside the wall. He asks if that pipe needs a bond, and why.
You read about side flash last week. But the standard covers it in paragraphs, a formula and a table of values, and none of it shows you where the arc actually jumps.
In the book, side flash is one drawing: the down conductor, the wall, the unbonded pipe and the spark jumping between them. The distance that matters is marked right on it.
Same with the bend radius, ground rod depth, air terminal spacing, the rolling sphere and SPDs at the service entrance: each one has its own page.
You see why the bond goes there, and you answer him without going back to the book.
How the system works, air terminals, conductors, grounding, bonding and side flash, surge protection and zones of protection, worked examples and a field checklist: 65 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
You're on a flat roof, 120 by 80 feet, and you need to know how many air terminals go up before you order material. No time to dig through tables.
In the book you open the flat roof example and see it drawn from above: 20 perimeter terminals at 20 feet, 2 more on the 50-foot grid and the cross-run conductor.
Same with the bend rule, the ground rod, the bonding formula, side flash and the rolling sphere: each one on its own page.
Lightning Protection Illustrated is 8 parts and 61 topics, all drawn, with worked examples, every number on one page and a roof-to-ground inspection walk at the end.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What the system does, the 5-step order (air terminal, conductor, bond, electrode, SPD), who writes the rules, Class I vs. Class II, listed components, copper vs. aluminum and how to find your way in NFPA 780.
Air terminal sizes, the 10-inch minimum height, the 2-foot rule at ridge ends and corners, 20 or 25-foot spacing, bracing, pitched and flat roofs, dormers, chimneys and rooftop metal.
Main conductor sizes for Class I and II, the no-climbing rule, the 8-inch bend radius, fasteners every 3 feet, cross-runs, down conductor count and placement, guards, concealed runs and connectors.
The 1/2 inch by 8-foot ground rod, depth, one electrode per down conductor, multiple rods, the ground ring, shallow soil and rock, concrete-encased electrodes and common grounding.
Side flash in one drawing, NEC 250.106, bonding conductor sizes, the bonding distance formula with its n and Km values, gutters, metal roofing, antennas and bonding inside the building.
SPDs at the service entrance, phone and data lines, short leads, the 150-foot rolling sphere, protection angles, masts, overhead ground wires, trees and tall structures.
Five solved cases: a flat roof, a two-story gable house, rolling sphere on two roof levels, a material takeoff and the bonding formula on a real pipe.
The most frequent installation mistakes, every number on one page, an inspection walk from roof to ground and how to study for the installer exam with this book.
At the end of the book: 5 worked examples, every key number on one page and a roof-to-ground inspection walk.
Test yourself topic by topic with exam-style questions, and every answer points you back to the page with the drawing.
See the most common installation mistakes drawn next to the correct way, so you spot them on the roof before the inspector does.
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You follow the system in the same order every time, terminal to SPD, so each measurement sticks to its place on the roof instead of floating in a table.
You review one page per topic, check every number on a single drawing and test yourself with the practice bonus, each answer pointing back to its page.
You print the pages you need and keep them in the truck, so you can answer the inspector or the foreman without guessing.
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Yes. It isn't a beginner's book about what lightning is: it takes the system you already know on the roof and puts each rule, measurement and exception on its own drawn page.
It follows NFPA 780 for US lightning protection installers, cross-checked with UL 96A, LPI-175, UL 96, UL 1449 and NEC 250.106. Every measurement and table shows the NFPA 780 section it comes from, so you can check it against the edition your certifying body tests on. Not sure which edition that is? Ask them before you study: it's printed in the exam information.
No. It's an independent study guide, not affiliated with or endorsed by NFPA, LPI, UL or ANAB. It doesn't give you a certificate or a credential: those come only from passing your certifying body's exam. The book helps you study for it.
No. It's a study and review aid. It doesn't replace the official standard, your certification program, OSHA fall protection training or your employer's training.
No. They're written for this book, exam-style, to test yourself topic by topic. They aren't official questions from any exam.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as a PDF by email, at the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment. No subscription.
We don't ship a printed book: it's a PDF by email. You can print it, whole or just the pages you want to keep in the truck.
You have 30 days. We refund everything if the file won't open, if the book isn't what you see on this page, if you were charged twice or if the email doesn't arrive: just email us.
No more rereading the standard with nothing sticking.
The bend radius and the bonding distance: you see them drawn, and you've got them.
You walk into the exam knowing where every piece goes.
Drawings make studying faster.
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