{"id":53498,"date":"2016-02-11T07:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T05:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/su-aritma-tesislerinin-yildirimdan-korunmasi\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T06:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:51:17","slug":"lightning-protection-of-water-treatment-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/lightning-protection-of-water-treatment-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Protection of Water Treatment Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">Since water treatment plants are installed over large-scale areas, they are unprotected against lightning strikes. As <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Y\u0131lkomer<\/strong><\/span>, we frequently encounter water treatment plants in lightning damage cases. Various washing systems, monitoring, and control services within treatment plants are vulnerable to lightning and <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/surge-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overvoltage<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/span> surges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4970\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/su-ar%C4%B1tma-tesisi.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4970\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4970\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/su-ar%C4%B1tma-tesisi.jpg\" alt=\"Water treatment plants must be protected against lightning and overvoltage.\" width=\"615\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water treatment plants must be protected against lightning and overvoltage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong> Devices That Require Protection Specific to Water Treatment Plants<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Level measurement devices<\/li>\n<li>pH measurement devices<\/li>\n<li>Flow measurement devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>These devices are often located in the Lightning Protection Level referred to as <strong>Zone 1<\/strong> and must be protected with <a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/priz-koruma-akim-ve-darbe-korumali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Class D surge protectors<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Free Technical Survey Application\" href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/free-technical-site-survey-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3818 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/teknik-ke%C5%9Fif.png\" alt=\"technical-survey\" width=\"801\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These facilities also have many structures with overhangs that can easily receive lightning strikes. These structures include;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communication lines (RS-232 etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Telecom lines<\/li>\n<li>Automation components<\/li>\n<li>Fire and alarm systems<\/li>\n<li>Card access systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These systems must be primarily protected to prevent damage to other structures as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4501\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10lu-krone-koruma.png.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4501\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4501\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10lu-krone-koruma.png.jpg\" alt=\"Telecom lines must be protected against lightning and overvoltage with 10-pair Krone protection.\" width=\"578\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10lu-krone-koruma.png.jpg 650w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10lu-krone-koruma.png-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Telecom lines must be protected against lightning and overvoltage with 10-pair Krone protection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we always state, full protection against lightning and overvoltage requires a four-stage protection system. These systems include external lightning protection, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>internal lightning protection<\/strong><\/span>, grounding, and equipotential bonding. Complete protection can only be achieved when all four systems are properly implemented. If you believe that any of these are missing or incorrectly applied in your facility, you can always contact Y\u0131lkomer engineers.<\/div>\n<p><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since water treatment plants are installed over large-scale areas, they are unprotected against lightning strikes. As Y\u0131lkomer, we frequently encounter water treatment plants in lightning damage cases. Various washing systems, monitoring, and control services within treatment plants are vulnerable to lightning and overvoltage surges. Devices That Require Protection Specific to Water Treatment Plants Level measurement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":992406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994190,"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53498\/revisions\/994190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}