What Is the Difference Between Lightening Spike and
Lightening Arrester?



What Is the Difference Between Lightening Spike and Lightening Arrester?..

Answer / chinga

lightining spike is a simple metalic rod which only conduct
lightining current to earth. where as lighting arrester is
a nonliner resister give ashort circuited path high curent
and a open circuited path to namal power current.

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