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How does a lightning rod protect a
building from lightning damage?

User Ankushbbbr
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Answer:

The lightning rod attracts lightning and is not connected to any other pieces of metal that may harm any electrical circuits.

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User Arinjit
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Answer/Explanation:

A lightning rod is a metal rod that is used to dislocate where lighting hits. Lightning is going to hit the closest point that it has been attracted too. So, the lightning rod was invented to attract lighting to something less potentially dangerous. Instead of hitting a building causing fires and collapsing, it takes the bolt so that nothing else has to.

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