Fear No Lightning

摘要

Although material damage is covered by insurance, it cannot restore loss of life, correct life-changing injuries, and replace lost time on holiday or charter income caused by a single lighting strike. Elna GmbH introduces device to Europe's yacht owners and builders that reliably protects against lightning strikes and gives yacht owners the feeling of safety during the worst of storms. Spanish manufacturer Dinnteco provides Elna with an Electromagnetic Charge Compensation Device (DDCE) that absorbs excess negative charges from the air and discharges it through the ship's grounding, which prevents lightning occurring within a certain protected area. This action eliminates positively charged upward currents and prevents the formation of a lightning channel within the protection radius of the unit to reliably prevent direct lightning strikes to the yacht.