Disconnecting consumers from electricity can lead to environmental disasters. One reason for the outage may be lightning hitting power lines or directly into a building or structure. The article considers two variants of lightning protection: long-lasting and free-standing.

Keywords: lightning protection, lightning arrester, lightning discharge, electricity theory, charge receiving unit

There is the information of the use of belt electrostatic grain cleaner for the pre-sowing seed treatment with the purpose of their disinfection in this artcicle. The results of the treatment of seed mixture in electric field at the different variants of work conditions are presented. The specific expenditure of electric power on the percent of seed mixture disinfection was calculated.

Keywords: electric method, pre-sowing treatment, disinfection, electric field, belt electrostatic grain cleaner