As the storm subsides or moves a safe distance away, the system automatically restores normal connections to your equipment. The methodology is also suited to telephone systems. Ordinary surge suppressers and lightning arrestors can be effective, but offer no protection until a damaging voltage surge is literally on the wiring connected to your equipment. Also, suppressers and arrestors have a finite life. This means that they will only work for a specific number and level of surges, then their effectiveness is reduced or they cease to function completely.
Lightning releases a tremendous amount of radio energy when a strike occurs.
It is not unusual for a bolt to have up to 30 million volts and thousands of amps of electrical energy. To put this in perspective, a strike having only I million volts and only I amp would be equal to a radio station having a one million watt transmitter. The technology is designed to detect the radio energy emitted by lightning while filtering out frequencies known to be occupied by man-made radio energy. The system identifies specific signal profiles and lightning signatures. An electronic bar graph on the systems control unit displays the atmospheric disturbances as they are detected and enables you to watch them.