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Lpi advocates use of lpiip as the thirdparty inspection authority for system design, components and installation. Replaces e1, design to lightning standard, nfpa78008. Persons graduating from this 2 to 3day class will be able to evaluate and inspect an existing lightning protection system for compliance with nfpa 780. In 1945, the nfpacommittee and the parallel american standards association asa committee on protection against lightning. Design calculations of lightning protection systems part. Nfpa 780, but also permit coverage of other streamer influencing technologies that provide an 3 nfpa 1.
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