Our old barn has three lightning rods with glass balls but our house has none.
Old barn lightning rods.
While taller objects have a higher possibility of receiving strikes there have.
Although your barn may be closer to the sky than your house lightning strikes are known to be unpredictable.
When lightning rods are separate from weather vanes they have five parts including the cable that runs to the ground.
Antique copper rooster weathervane from old maine barn original.
Near the bottom of the structure is a glass ball that can be very plain or made of coloured glass.
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Installer s bag of nos shinn lightning rod cable staples.
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Newly made cobalt blue glass lightning rod ball nice design old farm barn.
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The very top ends at a point that is attached to a metal rod.
Antique lightning rod arrow with stand and copper rod.
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A braided copper or aluminum cable made for lightning systems connects the rods and runs into the ground to dissipate a charge.
The barn is taller so would this attract lightning away from the house.
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Barn twist lightning rod weather vane porcelain copper tip.