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Industrial Surge Protection Keeps Modern Life Moving

Industrial Surge Protection Keeps Modern Life Moving

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The integration of industrial surge protection devices into most facilities and systems exposed to the elements is necessary to keep our lives on track. That may seem like a bold statement, but some of our most basic conveniences are entirely reliant upon surge protection to stay online and functional. Such things as cell phone service and energy manufactured using renewable sources integrate surge protection into their systems to maximize production and minimize waste as a result of damage. Every time you make a call on your cell phone, you directly rely upon surge protection to make that process more effective. Whenever you heat your home or turn on your lights, you rely on industrial surge protection devices. The system’s effectiveness partially determines the amounts you must pay for a unit of electricity. Industrial surge protection keeps these systems online and functioning by preventing the damage that takes them offline. It also reduces the costs of operation by limiting the amount of repair and replacement that must take place concerning the equipment.

How is surge protection integral to these processes? Because these types of facilities operate with weakness, that issue is that they have components positioned that are directly connected to computerized control equipment. In the case of telecommunications, the towers that your phone must connect to to give you a signal are exposed to lightning strikes, those strikes providing damage at the point they hit and throughout the system. The power surge created by the lightning strike moves along the pathways that connect equipment, overwhelming it at the circuit level and rendering it damaged and offline. As soon as this happens, that tower can no longer provide service to you until it is repaired. In the case of green energy, the exposed solar panels or wind towers present a perfect target for lightning strikes, and the equipment directly connected to those components is in harm’s way for the same reason. The use of sensitive equipment in these processes directly connected to the exposed components is necessary but unfortunate. It creates a weakness in the system’s functionality. Since lightning strikes cannot be avoided entirely, these systems’ weaknesses can only be mitigated by integrating devices that will prevent the power surge from moving past them. These “surge protection devices” have only one function, to continually monitor the electrical level flowing through them, and shut it off if it passes a certain threshold. By performing this function only when necessary, the equipment remains protected and allows the system to function continually. Integrated surge protection means your calls will go through with less difficulty as the cell tower nearby remains online, and the electricity that you power your home with remains inexpensive because of a reduction of expenses to that process. Industrial surge protection keeps modern life moving.