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Surge Protection for Home and BusinessDevice degradation, disruption, and destruction and failure can have a substantial impact on business and home devices – Using Surge Protection devices in consumer units can help mitigate failures.

Many of the causes for the above can be traced back to internal and external power surges which are vastly overlooked when designing new electrical systems.

Electrical compliance bodies are now becoming more aware of the risks of these surge events more detailed legislation is expected to be put in place in the near future alongside the existing BS 7671:2008 amendments.legislation is expected to be put in place in the near future alongside the existing BS 7671:2008 amendments.

Installing a Surge Protection Device on the incoming distribution board is one of the the best preventative measures a company can make to avoid hardware failures and their associated risks to business.

What Do Power Surges Affect?

Small power surges degrade electrical equipment and large surges often require equipment replacement and/or maintenance.

Examples of Equipment Affected:

OvensOvensAir ConditioningFridges and FreezersWashers/Other Motor Driven AppliancesBoilersIT equipment (EPoS, Servers, PC’s)DishwashersLightingLightingTelevisionsTelephones and other small factor devices charging

What are Surge Protection Devices?

A Surge Protection Device (SPD) protects electrical devices from voltage spikes, limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold.

Installing one SPD at the main distribution panel in either a business or home can ensure that the equipment is protected with the safest and most reliable technology available.protected with the safest and most reliable technology available.

For larger facilities there are options for further enhancements to SPD’s including monitoring systems and surge counters.

Due to effective transient voltage suppression equipment SPD’s can also double or triple the life of electrical equipment.

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