Agriculture

Farms are highly exposed to lightning strikes, operating across large, open areas with interconnected buildings and automated equipment. LPI's systems prevent fires, equipment damage and power outages that halt operations and cause significant financial loss.

The risk

Open land and exposed infrastructure

From dairies and silos to irrigation and automated handling systems, well-designed lightning protection systems help prevent fires, equipment damage, and power outages.

Workers & livestock

Direct-strike risk to personnel and animals in exposed yards, paddocks and dairy sheds.

Fire & ignition

Lightning-induced ignition of stored hay, grain dust, fuel drums and pesticide sheds.

Automation damage

Irrigation pumps, milking robots, feed systems and climate controls destroyed by induced surges.

Operational downtime

Outages mean spoiled produce, halted harvests and unplanned service calls in remote locations.

Workers & livestock

Direct-strike risk to personnel and animals in exposed yards, paddocks and dairy sheds.

Fire & ignition

Lightning-induced ignition of stored hay, grain dust, fuel drums and pesticide sheds.

Automation damage

Irrigation pumps, milking robots, feed systems and climate controls destroyed by induced surges.

Operational downtime

Outages mean spoiled produce, halted harvests and unplanned service calls in remote locations.

Workers & livestock

Direct-strike risk to personnel and animals in exposed yards, paddocks and dairy sheds.

Fire & ignition

Lightning-induced ignition of stored hay, grain dust, fuel drums and pesticide sheds.

Automation damage

Irrigation pumps, milking robots, feed systems and climate controls destroyed by induced surges.

Operational downtime

Outages mean spoiled produce, halted harvests and unplanned service calls in remote locations.

The Solution

Implementation across a working farm

Select a marker on the scene to explore the risk at that point and how LPI's comprehensive approach reduced lightning losses in Agriculture to tolerable levels.

Our standards & compliance

Engineered to every recognised framework.

Comprehensive Lightning Protection

Direct Strike

Surge Protection

Earthing & Bonding

Direct Strike

Direct Strike

Surge Protection

Earthing & Bonding

Direct Strike

Direct Strike

Surge Protection

Earthing & Bonding

Direct Strike

Selected projects

Our work across rural and remote sites

A selection of rural and water-infrastructure projects with exposure and build patterns common across agricultural sites.

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Earthing & Lightning Protection for Bird Radar, Musselroe Wind Farm, Tasmania (2020)

PhysElec Solutions was engaged to provide earthing and lightning protection for an advanced bird radar detection system installed…

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Water Tank, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia

This project is a water tank installation in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia.  A STORMASTER-ESE-60-SS lightning protection system was…

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Water Tank’s Re-Roofing Project, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia

Lightning Protection Installation for the Water Tank Re-Roofing Project in Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia The Brief Aluminium corrugated…