Raycap’s RayDat or ACData, brand surge protection devices, are industry standard devices used to protect electronic equipment that is attached to signal lines within industrial operations. One of the most significant threats to ongoing operations and profitability is the destruction or corruption of data housed within communications boards, which is necessary to maintain the functionality of the processes at hand. Nearly all industries and businesses rely upon data transfer in their processes, and if that data is lost or prevented from reaching its destination, then breakdown begins to happen. Protecting data and equipment that houses and transmits it is so necessary. This is why so many businesses trust Raycap to provide that protection. The devices are compact and easy to install, which is critical within most systems employed today. The installation of Raycap surge protection is an assurance against the destruction of circuitry that is critical the operation of businesses.

Signal lines are the connection pathway between equipment in the field that farms data and the equipment that relies on that data to function. Data is transferred via signal lines and flows across them to and from the communications hubs and computers. Unfortunately, this same pathway can also be used to damage the equipment if electrical surges outside of a safe operational range are allowed to make their way to sensitive equipment. One of the leading causes of overvoltage events comes from inside the factory via equipment switching on or off or from grid-side surges that will occur if something externally happens to the power lines, like a lightning storm or damaged power line. These external events often trigger massive spikes in electricity traveling along the power line. If they are not stopped, they can quickly move along connected lines above or underground and enter factories, facilities, and office buildings. Once inside, sensitive communications boards can be easily overwhelmed and damaged by these levels of electricity, resulting in the corruption or loss of data. Lightning does not need to strike something directly for the surge to make it into the system. In fact, much surge damage is caused by induced surges resulting from the strike or grid-side occurrence and couple upon cables or lines leading into any number of facilities. The levels of electricity from a lightning strike are so great that even an indirect strike can still deliver a critical dose of overvoltage. These threats from natural sources are in addition to switching errors or other electrical spikes that can also deliver a harmful surge. Any of these phenomena are essentially bad for businesses if they are not protected against, as they all can create outages regarding data delivery and the time necessary for restoration. Downtime is never good for business.

The protection of power and signal lines and the associated, connected equipment comes through effectively installing surge protection along the pathways that electricity can travel. Suppose these pathways can be blocked against electricity outside a safe range while still allowing electricity within a safe range to pass. In that case, the ideal situation is possible. Of course, no system is entirely foolproof, but integrating Raycap surge protection devices will help your facility be as protected as possible.

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One of the essential pieces in a wide range of businesses involving data farming is transferring that data by signal lines. These are the communication cables that allow data to move across them. They are made up of copper wire, fiber, or a hybrid. Due to their composition, these lines will allow the transfer of electricity. In normal operations, this is fine. They are doing what they are designed to do. But in the occurrence of a power surge, the cables and wires in any structure could be what puts an entire system at risk. An excess of electricity will destroy or overwhelm connected equipment, and when this equipment is made to house data, contact can be very destructive not only for the equipment but for the data too. The information being transferred on these lines at the moment of an electrical spike is at risk, as well as the information housed on the connected equipment. The only effective method of protecting critical records and information is the integration of specially-designed surge protection devices. When integrated along the signal or data lines, a surge of electricity is stopped and cannot pass beyond them. Surge protectors for data and signal lines can safely shunt away an overflow of energy that would compromise the digital records housed within these systems, keeping ongoing communications flowing without the need for repair, replacement, and, worst of all, the rebuilding of databases.

The best solutions for signal line protection are Raycap’s RayDat or ACData brand surge protective devices. These specialized products provide constant and ongoing protection from overvoltages and power surges, whether caused by switching within the plant or from the electrical grid and induced on T1/E1/DS1 backhaul circuits. Surge protection devices are small and easy to install while offering the maximum surge current capacities. By installing these devices along critical communication paths, crucial data can be given the highest protection against unfortunate events caused by power surges.

Lightning striking a facility directly or striking nearby structures can instantly produce a power surge large enough to destroy adjacent equipment by coupling onto power or signal lines. A direct strike on electrical towers or any activity causing a power surge, such as a downed tree hitting a power line, will cause a significant surge to quickly travel along power lines. If nearby buildings are not well protected with surge protection at the entrance, this grid-side power surge will quickly introduce excess electricity into the building’s electrical system. Electrical surges can also couple into any number of conductive lines nearby and travel quickly along them to other facilities. A lightning strike to a structure or facility that is in proximity can receive enough electricity to do damage to the equipment inside.

For this reason, it is always suggested that surge protective devices be installed at the service entrance and combined inside the building with other protective devices that can shield against electricity overvoltage transfer from one component to another. Once adequate Raycap surge protection devices are installed at the entrance, along potential pathways, and at the equipment itself, both equipment and the data it houses are protected at the highest level possible. Expertly installed surge protection systems can ensure the ongoing functionality of operations that rely on data transfer and storage. In the modern business climate, all businesses need an edge to gain to remain competitive. Signal line surge protection can give you that edge and provide peace of mind.

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Raycap’s RayDat or ACData, signal surge protection devices, are the best protection for signal lines. These surge protective devices prevent electrical surges from contacting or damaging sensitive equipment that houses data. Data surge protection protects against induced transient overvoltage events on T1/E1/DS1 backhaul circuits. The signal protection devices are compact and easy to install along signal lines to ensure that in any situation, electricity outside of the safe range can not move past the point of their installation. Surge protection is critical in systems that rely upon the farming or retrieval of data from communications boards to maintain functionality. If these boards get corrupted or damaged in any way, it will slow the business processes until repair or restoration is completed. Damage to the panels can bring the operations to a complete halt if the data cannot be recovered. At that point, a complete database rebuild might be necessary to restore functionality. This type of event could destroy the profitability of companies relying upon ongoing functional systems to earn revenue. Data is used in nearly every industry, from manufacturing to services, and if the systems cannot access their data, the work that makes revenue cannot be completed in time. This is why the protection of the communications boards is of such importance.

Signal line surge protection seems to allude to the signal lines being protected. In reality, the signal lines are the pathway that damaging overvoltage events can occur as a result of an electrical surge. If signal lines allow electricity to flow across them bu their definition, then the door is also open for power outside of the safe operating range to move along them. If this happens and it comes into contact with the sensitive communications boards where data is housed, the results can be disastrous. Signal lines connect where the data is housed to the place where the data is required, so if any data is lost or the board itself is rendered unfunctional,  there can be no back-and-forth communications. These lines must be equipped with surge protection devices that are installed at the right places to ensure equipment protection from any electrical surge. If lightning strikes the facility or strikes a nearby structure, this could allow coupling into the lines entering the building housing the data center. The resulting electrical surge can travel along copper cables; if it reaches attached equipment, it can destroy it. If a switching error spikes electricity to a component, the connecting cable can transfer that electrical surge to the communications boards where the critical data is stored. In all these cases, the resulting loss of data or the necessity to restore it will not only cost money due to slowdowns, but it can also cripple a business if a need to rebuild the database completely becomes necessary. Smart businesses protect their systems, and surge protection is smart business.

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When one hears about “signal line surge protection,” their first impression may be that surge protection devices protect the signal lines. In reality, this is not precisely true. Instead, surge protection devices are installed along the signal lines to prevent damage to the equipment to which the signal lines are connected. Many industries depend on the ongoing farming and processing of data to provide functionality to their business. This data is stored on communication boards which are essentially circuit-driven components that allow for data storage to be retrieved when necessary. These communications boards connect to the system they function within through a series of “signal lines,” or cables allowing data transmission. Unfortunately, these operational cables provide a perfect pathway for electrical flow to travel, sometimes outside the safe operating range. If the electricity that reaches the communications board is outside of a safe range, it can destroy the data housed, making retrieval impossible and potentially halting system functionality. Because so many industries are data-driven and utterly reliant upon communication and data feeding between components, protection from these damaging incidents is paramount.

Raycap’s RayDat and ACData, brand surge protection devices, are the best solution to prevent surges caused by lightning or induced transient overvoltage events along T1/E1/DS1 backhaul circuits. These devices are compact and are easily integrated along these lines to prevent excess electricity from any source from moving past their point of installation, thus avoiding the damage and data loss that comes with surge activity. These surges and spikes can corrupt or even destroy the boards themselves, necessitating repair or replacement and reconstruction of the data, if possible. In many circumstances, the data can not be recovered, putting the business in a situation from which it may not recover. Surge protectors installed along the signal lines in a redundant fashion and in combination with low voltage surge protective devices can provide the highest level of protection possible, even within the uncertain circumstances of power surges from various sources. Data surge protection systems can shunt unwanted energy, keeping systems online and functioning uninterruptedly. This process is critical for modern businesses to stay ahead of their competitors in many industries. It is necessary to provide many products that need to be manufactured or services that need to be provided, even in situations where something as unpredictable as lightning is potentially involved. If the possibility of a lightning strike to the lines themselves or the equipment nearby exists, then protection against the damage must be factored in. Plan for the worst to avoid it.

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Raycap’s RayDat or ACData, brand surge protection devices are specialized to provide the highest levels of defense against damage caused by electrical overvoltage in data protection applications. One of the common challenges among companies that rely on data to provide functionality to their business processes is that even minor power surges can corrupt or put valuable data at risk. Equipment used to farm data is positioned in large data centers separated from other buildings and almost always at risk of being exposed to power surges or outages due to lightning strikes. These strikes can inject unsafe electricity levels into systems directly and indirectly through lightning striking nearby and coupling onto power lines feeding into the data center. Once that extra electricity has entered the electrical system, it is often provided with a perfect pathway to the communications board’s most sensitive component. This circuit-driven piece of equipment is directly connected to other components in the system through “signal lines,” cables designed to transfer data from place to place. These cables can allow higher levels of electricity than is safe to move along them, ultimately exposing the equipment and putting the sensitive communications controller board at risk. Even a small power surge can cause enough data corruption to create slowdowns, and a total data loss can cripple a business that relies upon it for functionality.

Signal line surge protection has been developed for this reason. These compact devices are easy to install, and when placed at signal lines, they can provide a barrier through which unsafe levels of electricity cannot move past. Installing such devices will protect all equipment positioned downstream, especially the communications board. High levels of protection can be achieved through robust signal surge protection devices positioned to prevent power surges within the system from reaching sensitive equipment and perhaps causing data corruption. While no surge protection system is entirely foolproof, signal protection from Raycap, coupled with power line surge protection installed at the service entrance, does provide a high level of protection for power, signal, and data lines and peace of mind for operators.

Profitability for most businesses depends on maintaining the most extended operational times possible while reducing the need for equipment repair or replacement. By eliminating the pathways that electrical surges from lightning or switching errors can travel upon without control, companies can dramatically reduce the amount of equipment repair necessary over time. Putting adequate protection in place will also increase the time that systems function properly, ultimately increasing the company’s profit margins. The investment into data or signal surge protection devices as a failsafe and data protection method is rarely debated by anyone as a cost-saving method, as “flying without a net” can never be considered good business practice. The protection costs are greatly outweighed by even a single instance of critical data loss and the necessity of repairs. In many cases, the complete loss of data without the ability to restore it can cause enough damage to threaten the very life of the business itself. Prudent enterprises protect their data.

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Protecting Wind Turbines

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The development of new and more innovative energy sources is critical to the ongoing development of the world. The human population is growing every year, and as it does so does the reliance upon energy to keep the innovations they have made moving forward. Every aspect of human life involves energy consumption of some kind, and outside of the food we eat this energy is produced to allow us to use devices to make our lives more convenient. As the population swells, so does the need to produce more and more electricity to satisfy this need, and the costs of production of that electricity are one of the biggest issues facing the world today. Inflation is now a global issue, and everything is costing more to produce and transport. This makes the development of new and alternative sources of energy more important than ever before, not only to satisfy the demand but also to help bring down the production costs themselves. There are no new innovations that are improving the cost basis of fossil fuel production methods, so the world is looking to wind and solar as the possible methods that will create less expensive power. The ongoing trajectory of costs involved in producing power these ways show promise.

The costs of wind power production do not involve the purchase of a fuel source, as the wind is free. Instead, the costs are seen in the ongoing operation and maintenance of the systems, as the equipment to generate this energy is expensive and at risk of damage. Wind towers must be positioned in unobstructed and open areas so as to harness the majority of the wind, but this setup also puts them at risk for lightning strikes. At any time there are more than 1700 active lightning-producing storms globally, and every flash of lightning poses a risk to nearby wind towers. The lightning usually strikes the tower top or the blades, creating damage at the strike point itself. But this then allows for a massive power surge to enter the structure and follow any conductive path towards the earth. Any equipment used in the process is at risk of damage from this power surge, and only through the construction of better materials and systems can these forms of damage be minimized. The construction of the blades using better composites that can withstand lighting strikes can keep towers functioning even after a strike. The integration of surge protection devices inside the turbines can protect the equipment in the structure from surge damage, and ultimately also helps keep the systems functioning for longer periods of time. This reduction in maintenance costs combined with the production of more power during the times when the wind is blowing help to make a more efficient and cost effective system, and draws us closer every day towards power that is less expensive to make than fossil fuel methods. The future is near, and is driven by the wind.

Why Wind Turbines Need Protection

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The future of power production is green technology, not only because it is cleaner and will not have the negative impacts on the environment that fossil fuel methods do, but also because it can be less expensive. When discussing the costs of power production that can be consumed by the masses, we must look at the factors and elements that comprise that cost. With regard to fossil fuel methods, one of the primary costs associated with the process is the purchase or mining of fossil fuels which can be burned in order to move turbines. The movement of the turbines is the way that static electricity is produced and harnessed for processing and then use by the public. People have been using wind to move the blades of windmills for centuries, achieving their desired task. For the most part, this movement was used to push or pull, or potentially grind things. As of the last 100 years, people have started to figure out that this same movement can be used to generate static electricity using turbines. This means that the actual fuel source that is used is not one that costs money. Instead, it is free and the main cost basis is found in the care and maintenance of the equipment used in the process. Unfortunately, the positioning of this equipment puts it at constant risk of damage, much of which is caused by  lightning storms.

At any one point, there are nearly 1700 storms happening on the earth that can produce lightning. There are roughly 100 flashes of lightning every second on earth, each one capable of traveling to the ground and striking the most opportune target. Unfortunately, wind towers being the tallest structures in a region make them a primary target, causing strikes to the tower tops of blades to be common. Because of the damage to the blades, the wind towers become less efficient as they can capture less of the wind that is present. The lightning strike also causes a power surge that flows along conductive materials through the structure, generally damaging the equipment housed inside. This not only creates expense as far as repair, but takes the systems offline even though the wind is still present and able to generate power. Because of this inefficiency and other factors, as well as equipment cost, wind power has not yet been able to fully replace fossil fuel production methods.

Through the development of better and more resilient materials with which to construct the blades, and the integration of better ways to protect the sensitive electronics such as industrial surge protection devices inside the structures, the costs of operation can be greatly reduced while the outputs of each tower can be increased. Surge protection devices and systems are important to a future of more green energy power production, because their effective use can so dramatically reduce repair and replacement costs. By avoiding the damage in the first place, more power can be produced at lower costs. This is beneficial to both the environment and the consumer.