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GroundLinx Gradiance® electrodes provide a lightning protection system that boasts many hundreds of thousands of emitting points for excess current and voltage. This allows surges and lightning strikes to be instantly dissipated without causing harm to sensitive electronics or to the electrodes themselves. This approach provides numerous advantages over other lightning/surge protection devices that rely heavily on single-emitting-point ground rods for dissipation. Our product's superiority in this regard is very easy to demonstrate.

As discussed across this website, the most crucial aspect of an effective lightning protection and grounding system is its charge dissipation strategy. 

Efficient Dissipation is Essential

Our research looked into what really happens during a lightning strike or major surge event, and what needs to be done to prevent damage from these anomalies. This represents a significant leap forward from legacy grounding techniques, which have not changed measurably in over 50 years. This is important because electronic devices were in their infancy then. Times have changed, but traditional grounding has not.

GroundLinx Gradiance® lightning protection products are the result of many years of research.

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GroundLinx's globally patented Gradiance   electrodes are the top choice for lightning and surge dissipation, particularly when it comes to safeguarding critical electronic devices. 

Whether it's a fried television or unplanned downtime at a multi-million-dollar data center, high-performance lightning protection and electrical grounding are essential. The key to ensuring efficient dissipation of unwanted voltage and current is through the use of highly effective grounding solutions.

In today's world of electronics, lightning protection and electrical grounding are crucial for preventing damage to costly electronic equipment caused by thunderstorms, power surges, and electrical anomalies. 

We steal lightning’s thunder – in any application.

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Our Model 1318 is specifically designed for installation in mission-critical facilities where the failure of essential equipment is not an option. Numerous E-911 emergency dispatch sites across the United States have installed the Gradiance® 1318 system, which is instantaneously prepared to neutralize lightning strikes and lightning-related transient currents on inbound commercial electric service. Our documented proof of this capability is readily available for review. Additionally, many radio and television broadcasters have installed our 1318 electrodes with great success. Since 2019, when the 1318 was first installed, not one dollar of equipment has been damaged by overvoltage events, regardless of the source, nor has there been one second of downtime due to a lightning-related transient or overvoltage event.
 
Our second electrode design is the Model 1236, which is a solution suitable for locations where geological conditions make it impossible to achieve the 30-inch depth required for a Model 1318 installation. The 1236 design has a similar dissipation capacity as the 1318 but requires only an 18-inch installation depth. Most notably, however, because of its trim design and maximization of emitting points and edges, installation is easier and faster than with a Model 1318. The 1236 is available with connection cables suitable for up to AWG 4/0 irreversible c-taps or with 1-inch wide bus bars for exothermic welding to conductor rings up to AWG 2/0.

For the greatest installation flexibility, we offer the Model 0712. This design is amazingly compact yet offers resistance-to-ground (RTG) performance at surprisingly low levels, generally greater than 2.5 times better than an 8-foot ground rod. Requiring only an 18-inch installation depth, from start to finish (excluding cable connections), each 0712 installation should take no more than 15 minutes. This design is recommended for light-to-medium duty commercial sites or for projects with severe installation space limitations. Importantly, this design is ideal for temporary venue sites.

Because of its superior RTG performance, Model 0712 can be combined in a deployment with either Model 1318 or Model 1236 electrodes in difficult-to-install locations on a larger jobsite, thus adding essential dissipation capacity in a very compact manner. Packaged as a complete unit requiring only the addition of about three-fourths of a cubic foot (about 21 liters) of our Spectrum AF® fill material (compare this with required quantities of so-called “conductive backfill” materials), the mobility and ease of installation of this incredibly powerful grounding device is unparalleled.
 
Gradiance® lightning protection systems are highly flexible and can be tailored to suit virtually any application size. These systems can be easily integrated into existing grounding strategies to enhance system performance, frequency response, and capacity, or they can be deployed as stand-alone systems for new construction projects. Gradiance® devices are fully compliant with NEC 250.54.

GroundLinx offers three cutting-edge electrode designs for lightning and transient/surge protection.

Design Flexibility and Scalability

...even after sustaining direct lightning strikes or lightning induced surges on their commercial power supplies. One E-911 customer has reported that their annual budget of $100,000 for equipment damage and downtime has been completely eliminated, thanks to the effectiveness of Gradiance® lightning protection products. 

Since the first GroundLinx Gradiance® installation, none of our customers have reported equipment losses or system downtime. None...

Zero Damage / Zero Downtime

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There’s no question, GroundLinx Gradiance electrodes offer the best protection available in high-performance grounding applications.

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