The phrase "a lightning rod system" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a system designed to protect structures from lightning strikes by directing the electrical discharge safely to the ground.
Example: "The building was equipped with a lightning rod system to ensure safety during thunderstorms."
Alternatives: "lightning protection system" or "lightning strike mitigation system".
Wiss, Janney, Elstner climber Dave Megerle took three hours to set up the rappelling equipment and set up a barrier around the monument's lightning rod system atop the pyramidion; it was the first time the hatch in the pyramidion had been open since 2000.
And while that has always been a lightning rod for criticism of such systems, recent changes in the way that utility companies deal with energy produced by customers have all but eliminated those issues.
While the firm had not got everything right, it had become a "lightning rod" for public anger over the system itself, she said.
Of course, sailboats are extremely dangerous, with the mast, rigging and bonding system resembling a lightning rod.
Both a guest worker program and a road to a green card, the H-1B visa system has become a lightning rod of controversy over immigration policy.
Cami Anderson, the superintendent of the Newark public school system who became a lightning rod in the debate over education reform in New Jersey and nationally, resigned on Monday, eight months before her contract was to expire.
But despite the apparent topicality of "Carnivore," Mr. Galloway insisted that he and his collaborators never meant it to be seen as a lightning rod for criticism of the F.B.I.'s system, even though his project seems to undercut the concept of covert surveillance by conducting it openly and prettifying what is unearthed.
Armed with what it says is new evidence of wrongdoing in the prosecution of Cameron Todd Willingham, the Innocence Project on Friday will ask Gov. Rick Perry to order the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to investigate whether the state should posthumously pardon Mr. Willingham, whose 2004 execution has become a lightning rod of controversy over the Texas justice system.
These wait times are a lightning rod in discussions about public-funded health care systems (Lewis et al, 2000; Sanmartin et al, 2000; Oliver, 2001; Thomas and Burnet, 2001; Sibbald, 2005).
