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Side flash

A secondary lightning discharge from the primary lightning channel to a nearby conductor, caused by potential difference between the strike channel and the conductor; can ignite adjacent materials and damage electrical equipment remote from the direct strike point.

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Arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI)Conveyor belt slip fireFrank-Kamenetskii modelGlowing connectionGround currentLithium-ion thermal runawayNFPA 51BReduced ignition propensity (RIP)Smouldering combustion

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