Industrial Surge Protection Is A Critical Component Of Most Businesses

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Is industrial surge protection involved in my business?

 

Nearly all businesses rely on industrial surge protection to some degree. Even if your business itself is not purely an industrial type of business and does not use heavy equipment that needs protection from surges, there is a good chance that it still relies upon the products and services produced by businesses that use surge protection to remain profitable. For example, if you use a cell phone in your daily life for business or personal use, you are completely reliant upon industrial surge protection systems to ensure that your calls continue to be connected. Industrial surge protection is the lifeblood of the telecommunications industry, allowing cell phone towers and installations to remain functional for extended periods of time. Their installation involves hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment that is positioned in harm’s way, essentially being targets for lightning strikes due to their height and positioning in the field. This positioning is necessary to provide a clear signal that can be received by your phone on the ground, putting it into the precarious position of also being a clear target for lightning to strike. When those strikes happen, it sends a wave of additional electricity into the system, which overwhelms the circuit-driven equipment and moves from component to component, adding to the overall damage. Restoring that tower to functionality depends on how much equipment must be repaired or replaced after such an event and the profitability of your cell phone company depends on minimizing that damage. You, as a customer, will suffer in two different ways when these restorations are difficult. First, taking your tower offline for longer periods causes delays to your service, and secondly, the clarity of your calls is compromised. In addition, excessive downtime could dictate the monthly price increases that will eventually be paid by subscribers. In this way, even if you only use your cell phone to make a periodic business call, your business is dependent upon industrial surge protection.

 

The industrial version of surge protection functions in the same ways that consumer versions work, creating a gap that the electricity cannot jump and protecting equipment past that point from damage. The industrial versions are built more robustly and able to handle larger loads but also involve some high-tech features that would not be necessary on the consumer level. For example, an essential aspect of surge protection on many industrial levels is allowing functionality to continue without reset, even in the event of the SPD having been activated or triggered. This “always on” functionality means that the system remains protected from a subsequent lightning strike even after the protection device has come into play once. These additional failsafe systems assure more protection and less need for equipment restoration, keeping the systems online and producing their services or products for more extended periods. Industrial surge protection is an important part of everyone’s life, not just the big businesses that you might assume.