The invention provides a composite jacket parallel gap
lightning arrester, which comprises a
lightning arrester body, a
discharge rod and a
discharge ball, wherein the
lightning arrester body comprises a core body, a
silicon rubber jacket, a first conductive bolt and a second conductive bolt, the core body is composed of an SMC layer, and a first
electrode, five
resistor discs and a second
electrode which are sequentially arranged in the SMC layer, the
silicon rubber jacket wraps the core body, the
discharge rod is connected with the first
electrode, the discharge ball is connected with the second electrode, end covers are mounted at two ends of the
silicone rubber jacket, the first conductive bolt penetrates through the end cover on one side to be connected with the first electrode and is connected with a high-
voltage bus, the second conductive bolt penetrates through the end cover on the other side to be connected with the second electrode and is connected with a ground wire, and the discharge rod and the discharge ball form a parallel discharge gap of the
lightning arrester body. According to the invention, the parallel gap design is adopted, the
lightning arrester body does not independently bear the task of releasing
overvoltage and current any more, the
overvoltage and current is released through the parallel gap, and large current can be shared, so that the service life of the
lightning arrester is greatly prolonged.