Lightning protection controls the PATH of the lightning after it hits. Like it or not, that is about the best you can do. It's not lightning that causes the damage, it's lightning going through places you don't want it to. At any instant, there are more than 2,000 thunderstorms taking place throughout the world. These storms combine to produce about 100 lightning flashes per second, each one with a potential of up to a billion volts, currents ranging up to 200,000 amperes and temperatures of over 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lightning likes land.
One hundred million feet per second is the quickness of the lightning streak through the sky. The stroke, which is about two inches across and between 200 feet and 20 miles long, lasts but a microsecond. Myths A lightning rod or grounded tower or high structure makes it more likely that lightning will strike. Wrong - It will have little or no effect on how likely it is that it will strike in the immediate area, the important thing is it will be conducted directly to ground, without having to go through your inverter first. Lightning always strikes the tallest object.