# About us — LPS Pacifica

> Source: https://lps-pacifica.com/about-us/

# From the Field to the Patent: The Story Behind SPIN

## The story of a sales guy who watched lightning protection fail — and built the alternative.

I sold lightning rods for years. I believed in them. I trained distributors on them. I installed them on airports, telecom networks, solar farms, villas, hotels, industrial zones, you name it.

Then the field started talking back: strikes landing meters from the rods, trees split beside “protected” buildings, radio rooms destroyed at a site that followed every standard to the letter.

**In 2020** , I came across a product that looked wrong: the **CMCE from Sertec** — no point at all, and a claim that flipped everything upside down: instead of catching the arc, prevent it from forming. I contacted them, we worked together, and I learned a great deal. But there was a problem: it was a great product — at a price most of the world couldn’t afford.

That’s when I found **Tesla’s 1918 patent** — a design so complete that my attempts to improve it failed against every detail. **In 2025** , I built my first Lightning Protector Tesla as faithfully as modern manufacturing allows.

It’s called **SPIN**. It’s Tesla’s design, built a century later, at a price that finally makes prevention accessible.

**Anthony Vazquez — Founder, LPS Pacifica**

![LPS Pacifica founder next to SPIN Lightning Protector installation](https://lps-pacifica.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/lps-pacifica-spin-installation-about-us.webp)

Anthony next to one of the first SPIN units installed

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