Different kinds of lightning rods?

Question

please tell me what are the different kinds/types of lightning rods?

Answer 1

After going through the catalogs I have found that all lightning rods are the same basically.

     You want an easy path for the bolt of lightning to go to the ground. If you have a rod that conducts electricity, plus a heavy duty wire that goes in to the ground, and the rod is at a higher point than the rest of the building it is going to be that path way. And if it goes through the wire to the ground, it wont go through the building.

     The catalogs have a few choices. You can choose aluminum vs copper. You can choose 18 inches vs 12. You can have fancy several mounts depending on the part of the building you are mounting the rod.

     Some of the rods have some fancy art work to male it look fancy.

     Most are just a rod that tapers to a point at the top. The tapering to the point at the top deals with the studies of Benjamin Franklin. He felt that the lightning hits the narrowest point of the conductor first.