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  • 01Dec

    How to Protect Electrical Equipment from Lightning Strikes

    Surge Protection, Uncategorized, energy savings, lightning protection No Comments

    Have you ever lost electrical equipment to lightning strikes? If so, you know it can be very costly to repair or even replace you equipment. Not to mention the money you lose from the equipment being down and not producing; whether this has happened to you or not, you should be protecting your investments. Here in Florida, we see lightning damage electrical equipment all too often, but it happens across the country. The best way to protect your business from being without equipment is to be proactive instead of reactive. Because once lightning does the damage, there’s no easy way to reverse it.

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    Tags: lightning protection, reduce energy usage, Surge Protection

  • 07Sep

    What is Surge Protection and What are the Benefits?

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    What is Surge Protection?
    Surge Protection or Surge Suppressor is a piece of equipment designed to protect all types of electrical equipment from voltage spikes. The surge protector regulates the voltage an electric device receives by blocking or grounding the voltage so that it is safe for the equipment. Voltage Strikes or Transient Voltage Surges can be caused by lightning, power outages, tripped circuit breakers, short circuits, Power Company malfunctions, electromagnetic pulses, inductive spikes or power transitions in other large equipment on the same power line.

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    Tags: electrical equipment, lightning protection, Surge Protection, surge protector, voltage spikes

   

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