ANSWER: Tx Jim is on the right track, It likely wont hurt anything, but as an electrical engineer but certainly NOT any lightning protection expert, if its not done properly like an old fashioned entire lightning protection system its probably not gonna help much if any at all.
The potential difference exists between a charged cloud overhead and mother earth. A true lightning protection system has the pointed spires (easier to emit electrons) way up high up on the rooftop which are connected with huge copper braided cables to proper earth grounds. The theory is to bleed off and dissipate the charge potential difference in lieu of a high energy total sudden discharge. When a strike occurs there can be several associated side discharges all seeking paths to earth, which is why if youre under a tree that gets hit you can be in the path of one of them many secondary arcs and wake up dead. I.E. DONT SIT UNDER TREES OR ANTENNAS ETC THAT ARE PRONE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES
So those relatively low fences and panels arent really any sort of lightning protection (like rods on rooftips with huge braided cables etc) and I doubt any grounding you would perform to tie them would be much help and if you were near one that took a hit you would probably be fried by a side strike regardless........BUT HEY IT WONT HURT AND POSSIBLY COULD HELP!!!!!!
John T retired Electrical Engineer but NOT a lightning protection expert so NO WARRANTY
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