It seems you asked if you should ground your metal roof but some answers were more to whether or not LIGHTNING RODS should be used. Its been years since I was concerned with lightning protection so take this with a grain of salt. Id say since you have a metal roof, lightning protection is more warranted then if it were a conventional plywood n shingle roof. However, I don"t see simply grounding the roof as any substitute for a true properly designed and installed lightning protection system. Go ahead and ground it if you please, but if you do so Id suggest (if it also has metal sides) to bond the entire outer structure as a sort of protective shell/skin like if you were sitting inside your automobile shell. However, I don"t see nails or screws as the best bonding method (sure, that and them laying on each other is still an electrical bond) i.e. you would almost have to run the wire and bond to each n every sheet of roofing and siding for a better more complete grounding bond.
Either install a real lightning protection system or else do nothing, but if you insist I don"t see any harm in trying to ground the buildings outer metallic skin/shell, that could??? (But NO Warranty) help if you were inside and the roof had a lightning strike, and if it was also bonded to the electrical services safety equipment ground system, such could provide a path for fault current return to trip a breaker and de energize a faulty circuit.
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