Surge Protection

Surges are high voltages passed down existing cabling and structures. These voltage pulses (transients) that only take a split second are caused by direct, nearby and remote lightning strikes, switching operations of a power utility or faulty equipment.

As businesses become increasingly reliant on electronic systems to function and safeguard operations, the need for adequate protection of these systems increases too.

Surges caused by direct lightning currents can be catastrophic and can pose an immediate risk to human life by either equipment failure or by fire. Those caused by the secondary effects of lightning (known as induced over-voltages), or by switching transients, are more common and can often go relatively unnoticed – until the connected equipment degrades and fails.

We can offer a coordinated set of surge protection devices to help safeguard both personnel and equipment.