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Lightning Rod

PIRA: 5A30.10

Materials: Lightning Rod, Vandegraff

The lightning rod has a variety of purposes. The main purpose is to show lightning arcing to the closest piece of metal to discharge when it has an abundance of charge. It can also be used to ground the vandegraff if necessary.